Some say that the Montgomery Bus Boycott started on December 1, 1955, but many of those who were present say it began long before that. ... When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat that afternoon of December 1, 1955, she didn't see the revolution that act of courage would induce on the world as we know. ... While also have the African American drivers to primarily serviced African American passengers. On Monday, December 5, 1955 the boycott went in effect. Martin Luther King Jr., minister at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church would have been happy with 60 percent cooperation of the protest w...

• Word Count: 1709
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• Grade Level: High School

On Monday, December the 5th 1955, over 25,000 black citizens of Montgomery boycotted the buses. ... Often these services were rendered free of charge. ... Those donations paid for gas, repairs and services. ... Blacks returned to the buses on December 21, 1956, over a year after the boycott began. ... A group tried to start a whites-only bus service. ...

• Word Count: 1946
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Raymond Parks married Rosa McCauley December 18, 1932. ... On the 1st of December 1955, seamstress Mrs. ... Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, was arrested December 1, 1955. ... After twelve months of 50,000 blacks boycotting Montgomery's bus service, a federal court ordered the desegregation of the cities buses. ... The following morning, December 21, 1956, Dr. ...

• Word Count: 1975
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Rosa Parks On Thursday, December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama, to a white man. ... The African Americans of Montgomery won their rights on June 2, 1956, when a federal court ruled for the Montgomery Improvement Association and declared segregated bus service to be unconstitutional. ...

• Word Count: 558
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• Grade Level: High School

So, on December 1st, 1955, Rosa took a stand. ... Later that day, a boycott to the Montgomery bus service started because many did not believe Rosa's ruling was right. ... Then, on December 20th, 1956, the supreme court of America declared that the Montgomery bus segregation laws were unconstitutional. ...

• Word Count: 1206
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On Thursday, December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Birmingham bus, setting off a chain of events that catapulted King to world fame. ... On December 21, 1956, the integration of Montgomery city buses became mandatory. Despite jeopardized jobs, intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan, police harassment, and bombings, the success of the boycott was apparent when King and several others boarded a public bus in front of King's home on December 21, 1956. ... On February 1, 1960, four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College (now University) demanded...

• Word Count: 2619
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• Grade Level: High School

The buses were desegregated in December of that year and the boycott ended. ... Within eighteen months of its establishment 70 000 freedom riders had taken part in sit-ins across the country against segregated services. ...

• Word Count: 673
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• Grade Level: High School

Board of Education was argued in December of 1952 by black lawyer Thurgood Marshall, who was head of the NAACP. ... On December first, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up a bus seat in Montgomery. ... Fifty ministers and civic leaders met on December 2, 1955 and began a boycott. ... On December 5, 1955, King addressed over 4 thousand people at the Holt St. ... The decision was presented to authorities on December 20, 1956. ...

• Word Count: 6511
• Approx Pages: 26
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During the meeting, which was held on Friday, it was decided that the boycott should begin on the following Monday, December 5th. ... Black men and women held sit-ins at lunch counters where they were refused service, and "kneel-ins" on church steps where they were denied entrance. ...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School