How Did The Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Many events and factors contributed to the Montgomery Bus boycott. These include the Jim Crow Laws, Rosa Parks and her brave acts and also non violent protesting. Jim Crow Laws were laws that made it legal for people to segregate based on race. These laws separated blacks and whites in every aspect of society. They had different public toilets, schools were based on skin colour and people had different water fountains. Jim Crow Laws caused the bus boycott because of these laws blacks felt that they had to make a stand and fight for there rights for equality, this gave them a reason to boycott the busses and for Rosa Parks to remain seated on the afternoon of 1st December 1955. The second event that caused the Boycott was when Rosa Parks simply