At the end bus companies allowed African Americans to sit anywhere on the busses. The bus companies almost went broke because most of the passengers were black. Blacks in Montgomery refused to ride the busses for a year. Many African Americans were angry about this…So in 1955 Martin Luther King Jr. Ī boycott is a way of protesting, by not using a product or service in order to make a change The Montgomery bus boycott started when Rosa Parks, got arrested for sitting at “the white section of the bus. In November 1956 the boycott ended in Victory for the African-American Community. Rosa Parks arrest stared to change a lot of thing. Martin Luther King became the leader of the Civil Rights Moment. A national holiday… ĭecember 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on bus to a white man. Assassination: Unfortunately In April 4,1968 Martin Luther king was assassinated. gave the still famous speech “I have a Dream”. Peace: In March 1963 Martin Luther king Jr. In 1963 he became the leader of The civil rights movement. Civil rights: After college he began to fight Segregation, but he didn’t believe in Violence. Experience: From an early age King knew what segregation was and what it meant. īorn: January15 ,1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1964 the civil rights law gave all Americans equal rights like educations, employments and the use of Public places. Martin Luther King became the leader of the bus boycott. In 1955 she got on a bus and she refused to give up he seat to a white man. Ĭivil rights stared by a black woman name ROSA PARKS. Although these laws were more enforced in the south… They ended up changing all aspects of life. These laws existed from 1877 to the mid -1960’s. Jim Crow Laws were laws that enforced segregation. Martin Luther King Jr Montgomery Bus Boycott Jim Crow Laws

The long walk home the movie