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Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, a minister, and a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr..

Born: March 11, 1926, Linden, AL

Died: April 17, 1990, Atlanta, GA

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Edgar Daniel Nixon, known as E. D. Nixon, was an African-American civil rights leader and union organizer in Alabama who played a crucial role in organizing the landmark Montgomery Bus Boycott there in 1955.

Born: July 12, 1899, Montgomery, AL

Died: February 25, 1987, Montgomery, AL

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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".

Born: February 4, 1913, Tuskegee, AL

Died: October 24, 2005, Detroit, MI

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On December 1, 1955, four days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to yield her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. She was arrested and fined. The boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery began on the day of Parks' court hearing and lasted 381 days.

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The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens including African Americans.
It is violated because the bus system is treating a person as less then another

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integration of public transportation

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the Montgomery Bus Boycott influenced the other civil rights by being a nonviolent protest and showing that there doesn't need to be violence to obtain a goal

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SCLC. Martin Luther King Jr. was the first president of the Mongomery Improvement Association, which organized the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFXQOBsOmRw

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Jo Ann Gibson Robinson was an activist during the Civil Rights Movement and educator in Montgomery, Alabama.

Born: April 17, 1912, Culloden, GA

Died: August 29, 1992, Los Angeles, CA

Known for: Montgomery bus boycott

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Peaceful protest

Car Pool

Boycotting Public Transportation

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standing up for whats right is better then not doing anything at all

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March 1954 - The Women's Political Council (WPC) meets with Montgomery mayor W. A. Gayle to outline their recommended changes for the Montgomery bus system.

March 2, 1955 - Claudette Colvin arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman.

March 1955 - Black leaders in Montgomery, including E. D. Nixon, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr., meet with city officials to discuss bus seating requirements.

October 21, 1955 - Mary Louise Smith arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman.

December 1, 1955 - Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger.

December 2, 1955 - The WPC calls for a one-day bus boycott on December 5.

December 5, 1955 - Instead of the expected 60% turnout, an estimated 90%-100% of the black community in Montgomery choose to participate in the boycott. Black leaders meet to dicuss the possibility of extending the boycott. The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) is created at this meeting, and Dr. King elected its president. The MIA votes to extend the boycott.

December 8, 1955 - The MIA issues a formal list of demands. The city refuses to comply.

December 13, 1955 - The MIA implements a carpool system to support citizens taking part in the boycott.

January 30, 1956 - Dr. King's home is bombed. In response, Dr. King calls for peaceful protest rather than violent action.

February 1, 1956 - E. D. Nixon's home is bombed.

February 21, 1956 - Over 80 boycott leaders are indicted by the city under Alabama's anti-conspiracy laws.

March 19, 1956 - Dr. King is indicted as a leader of the boycott and ordered to pay $500 or serve 386 days in jail.

June 5, 1956 - A federal district court rules that bus segregation is unconstitutional.

November 13, 1956 - The Supreme Court upholds the district court ruling, and strikes down laws requiring racial segregation on buses. The MIA resolves to end the boycott only when the order to desegregate is officially implemented.

December 20, 1956 - The Supreme Court's orders of injuction against segregation on city buses are delivered to the Montgomery City Hall.

December 21, 1956 - Montgomery's buses are officially desegregated. The MIA ends the boycott.