Importance Of The Boycott Flashcards
Reasons for the boycot’s success
Well Organised.
Dedication from lawyers and boycotters.
Well publicised.
The bus company was hurt financially.
Well organised.
The MIA coordinated the campaign effectively so the boycott could last.
Well publicised
The campaign was publicised through church meetings and local newspapers.This helped supporters get organised and increased the number of boycotters
Commited to success.
Everyone involved was commited and dedicated.The boycotters recieved threats that they would be fired from their jobs and some were physically attacked.However they were prepared to continue.The NAACP lawyers were also commited they filed Browder va Gayle and argued their case
Maedia coverage was a reason for success.
Due to the fierce opposition to the boycott it increased media coverage.The media reporters and readers were very sympathetic towards the boycotters as they were being attacked
1 February 1956
The NAACP lawyers brught a case to desegregate Montogomery buses.On 1 February 1956 they filed Browder vs Gayle against bus segregation in Montgomery.They argued it went against the 14th Amendment.
5 June 1956
The Supreme Court ordered that segregation on buses was unconstitutional , buses should be desegregated.They gave the Brown decision as their resson.
20 December 1956
He MIA finally decided to call off the boycott
Significance of Martin Luther King
He tried to appeal to all Americans regardless of race - he appealed to people’s shared humanity.
Made many powerful speeches that influenced his huge audience.
He always advocated a non violent approach.
The brown case and bus boycott led to
Increased public support for civil rights and a civil rights act was passed on Congress
The 1957 Civil Rights Act
The act aimed to increas black voter registration.
It made it illegal to obstruct voter registration and allowed federal courts to prosecute states that did not gurantee citizen’s voting rights
Disadvantages of the 1957 Civil Rights Act
All white juries in the south were unlikely to uphold federal prosecution of state violations of voting rights
