The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest against segregation on public buses that lasted 381 days from December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956. It was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Local NAACP leader E.D. Nixon and WPC leader Jo-Ann Robinson helped organize the boycott by printing and distributing flyers. Over 35,000 flyers announced the boycott. Supporters organized carpools to drive people instead of using the buses. The boycott ended with new laws being passed ending segregation on buses.

1. Montgomery Bus Boycott
By: Sarah Bleiberg

2. Facts:
1. The trigger of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was when
Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1995 for
refusing to give up her seat to a white man on the bus
2. E.D. Nixon, the local leader of the NAACP, was the first
one to take action with the Montgomery Bus Boycott
3. Jo-Ann Robinson, leader of the WPC, also played a
major role in the protest by printing flyers for the
protest
4. The African Americans made up about 75% of the city’s
bus riders
5. The Montgomery Boycott was a protest in
Montgomery against segregation on busses
6. 35,000 flyers were handed out, announcing the bus
boycott

3. 7. The protest started on December 5, 1955 (the day of
Rosa Park’s trial) and ended on December 20, 1956
8. This protest is considered the “first large-scale
demonstration against segregation in the U.S.”
9. 300 cars organized a carpool to help people
get to
where they needed to go, without using the public transit
system
10. The police accused people waiting for rides of
loitering and they gave a lot of tickets to volunteer
drivers. Also, they arrested drivers and passengers on the
charges of “operating and riding in cars that were
overloaded”
11. The boycott lasted for 381 days
12. After the boycott, laws went into place ending
segregation on busses

4. Rosa Parks being arrested on
December 1st, 1995

5. People walking, led by Martin Luther
king, Jr.

6. Bibliography
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7. A girl hitchhiking so she doesn’t have
to take the bus