- the psychological turning point for the movement -
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🔥 5th December 1955 - 1956. After the Brown decision in 1954, many started testing segregation laws. Rosa parks refused to give up her seat on the Bus.
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Overview
- By 1955, the Women political council had plans for the bus Boycott.
- Waited for the right person to be arrested
- Wanted someone who would motivate the black community into action
- Someone who would test the segregation laws and was active civil rights leader.
Rosa Parks
- NAACP local secretary
- well respected with clean recor
What did she do?
- boarded bus with 3 other blacks
- She refused to move to the back and was arrested
- Edgar Nixon of NAACP poster her bail and said "Mrs parks, with your permission we can break down segregation on the bus with your case".
On Thursday December 3rd, Group of civil rights ministers + leaders med to discuss the boycott and subsequently formed the MIA (Montgomery Improvement association)
- Montgomery Improvement Association
- Edgar Nixon
Significance on the boycott
In June 1956 a 3 judge federal court ruled against state bus segregation laws
- They Effectively defeated anti-segregationists and got a court decision
- What were some strategies that made it so effective
- It showed the power of non-violent protest through mass mobilisation and active resistance.
- Shaping strategy for the future of the civil rights movement
- Draws a harsh moral and legal contrast to the protests of their opposition