Montgomery bus boycott

• What was the woman's political council?

  Camaigned for the desegregation of drinking fountains and employment of black police officers
• what was the national association for the advancement of coloured people?

  Civil rights organization, which helped black people to register to vote and ignore bus segregation rules.
• who was Rosa Parks?

  Civil rights activist for the NAACP
• what did rosa parks do in december 1955?

  was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white passenger on the bus
• after rosa parks was arrested what did the NAACP and WPC do?

  created a city-wide boycott on the day of parks’ trial
• what was the percentage of black passengers on Montgomery busses?

  70%
• what was the impact of black passengers refusing to take the bus during the boycott?

  The bus companies profit was significantly reduced
• Who organised the further bus boycott after parks’ arrest?

  Martin Luther King Jr./ the montgomery improvement association (MIA)
• why was the boycott significant for African americans?

  Economic empowerment, black people were very underpaid and relyed on the bus lines s this was a huge sacrifice for them
• how did people partaking in the boycott travel else-wise?

  MIA set up car pools (shared vehicles) and encouraged black taxi drivers to charge the same as busses, walked/walking groups
• what were some negative impacts on black people during the boycott?

  some people such as Rosa parks lost their jobs for supporting the boycott. leaders such as MLK were violently attacked by white supremacists and mistreated by te police. He also had his home fire bombed.
• what were some positive results from the boycott?

  created awareness and encouraged others to protest in different areas/states, raised MLKs profile, demonstrated economic power from african americans.
• what were some negative results from the boycott?

  White supremacists retaliated with violence against black people from montgomery, MLKs life was threatened multiple times, continuation of segregation in other areas of living
• how long did the montgomery bus boycott last?

  381 days, december 1955-december 1956
• what was browder vs gayle court case 1956?

  Bus segregation case, after the boycott it was ruled that segregation in education was unconstitutional and so was transport aswell. this achieved a significant victory of desegregating montgomerys buses.