• The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery...
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  • King Jr. and Edgar Nixon, the MIA was instrumental in guiding the Montgomery bus boycott, a successful campaign that focused national attention on racial...
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  • 2002) was an American bus driver in Montgomery, Alabama, whom Rosa Parks defied in 1955, prompting the Montgomery bus boycott. Born on April 14, 1912...
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    Claudette Colvin (category Montgomery bus boycott)
    the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), helped spark the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. Colvin was one of four plaintiffs in the first federal court case...
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  • E. D. Nixon (category Montgomery bus boycott)
    played a crucial role in organizing the landmark Montgomery bus boycott there in 1955. The boycott highlighted the issues of segregation in the South...
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  • The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963 arose from the refusal of the Bristol Omnibus Company to employ Black or Asian bus crews in the city of Bristol, England...
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    Georgia Gilmore (category Montgomery bus boycott)
    1990) was an African-American woman from Montgomery, Alabama, who participated in the Montgomery bus boycott through her fund-raising organization, the...
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    Rosa Parks (category Montgomery bus boycott)
    the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of...
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  • mid-20th century, Montgomery was a primary site in the Civil Rights Movement, including the Montgomery bus boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches. Prior...
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  • Aurelia Browder (category Activists from Montgomery, Alabama)
    the same time. The boycott ended with the Browder v. Gayle ruling, a fact often overlooked by history. While the Montgomery bus boycott gained lasting national...
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