Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955 started in December in the year 1955. It was indeed a very crucial step towards the betterment of “blacks.” The main and the crucial role in the entire Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955 was initiated by Rosa Parks. There is a famous tale that goes behind this Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955.
After working for the entire day Rosa Parks, a Black, took the bus to reach back to her home. During that time, the buses in Montgomery, Alabama had certain seats reserved for the whites and certain for the blacks. When Rosa parks was in the bus that she hired, the seats for the whites were already full. Rosa Parks was seated on the seats allocated for the Black Americans. A white man, at that time, boarded the bus and the driver asked four Blacks to step down the bus. Three of them did as ordered but Rosa parks refused to do that. As a result she was arrested for her act. Consequently, the Blacks took out the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955 as a sign of protest. This is the famous tale that goes behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955 and Rosa Parks was the face of this boycott. The boycott had adverse effects on the bus company in Montgomery. Since a lot of seats were being occupied by the Black Americans, therefore the bus company had to face economic crisis due to diminished fares.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Rosa Parks is primarily seen as the main protagonist of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955. Most of the people believe that the boycott movement was not pre-planned and it just occurred immediately. Rosa Parks had not pre-planned to refuse to get down of the bus and did so in order to rest her tiring feet after the day-long work. Parks worked at the NAACP and it was NAACP that later came to her rescue in this case.
Who organized the boycott?
The one-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955 was organized by the very popular face in the history- Martin Luther King. The boycott was organized for 5th December 1955, Monday. The organization named Montgomery improvement Association was created and King was the President of this association. The boycott movement proved highly successful and in favor of the Black Americans. This organization decided whether the movement should be halted or continued. The result that came out in the voting was in favor of the continuation of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955.