The Montgomery Bus Boycott Flashcards
1st December 1955
Rosa parks is arrested.
8 December
The bus company refuses to change polices.
12 December
Car pools begin
30 january 1956
MLK’s house bombed.
1 February
NAACP begin Browder v Gayle case
22 February
89 MIA members arrested
19 March
MIA member put on trial
11 May
Browder v Gayle comes to court
June 5
Supreme Court orders that buses should be desegregated
13 november
bus company appeal rejected
17 December
2nd appeal rejected
20 december
boycott lifted, integrated buses begin on 21st December
What was so important to the sucsess of the montgomery bus boycott?
Leadership
MLK’s qualitys
-education
-Non violent approach
-passionate speeches
-widespread appeal
-christian virtues
Education
Being well-educated allowed him to think through a campaign strategy carefully, establish clear goals, and decide on the best means to achieve them.
Non violent approach
Gains sympathy and support
Passionate speeches
Shows that he cares, motivates, people would support him
Widespread appeal
Support from blacks and whites
Christian virtues
Black americans support him,good role model,people look up to him.
Jo Ann Robinson
president of WPC, teacher, organised boycott
E.D. Nixon
NAACP member, helped set up the boycott
Ralph David Abernathy
clergyman, NAACP member, took over the MIA after MLK left Montgomery
Reasons why the boycott was succsessful?
-Buses were desegregated.
-A very symbolic victory in legal terms.
-Showed power of non-violent, organised protest.
-Brought MLK into spotlight
Reasons why the boycott weren’t succsessful?
White backlash.
MIAs leader were attacked.
Black people riding buses were shot at
Bus services were suspended for several weeks.
Even though buses were desegregated, no further desegregation happened in Montgomery.
Even bus stops remained segregated.
