Parks is Arrested for Refusing to Sit in the Back of the Bus
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Crime, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Disobedience, Nonviolence, Protests, Marches, Demonstrations, Rallies, Human Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Women’s History, African American History
- Geographical Location: Alabama
- Date: December 1, 1955-December 20, 1956
Article abstract: The Montgomery bus boycott brought the black community of a large city together to protest segregation and propelled Martin Luther King, Jr., into the national spotlight.
Summary of Event
The ruling of the Supreme Court in May, 1954, in Brown v. Board of Education attacked the system of racial segregation in the public schools. This court decision did nothing to challenge other aspects of the racial order. President Dwight Eisenhower was anxious to attract black voters to the Republican party but did not wish to make civil rights...
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