Montgomery Bus Boycotts
African Americans refused to ride Montgomery city buses in protest of racial discrimination towards blacks; as state law constrained them to ‘coloured’ seating areas. The coloured sections were at the back half of buses unless the whites-only section became full and the blacks would be forced to give up their seat. Bus Boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama, took place over a span of just over a year beginning on December 5th, 1955 and ending on December 20th, 1956. Fed up with the Jim Crow laws African Americans got behind the boycotting which factored into the motivation for the cause of the bus boycotts. The non-violent protesting kicked off 4 days prior to the arrest of an African American woman, Rosa Parks which factored into the cause of the boycotts. Another factor that was caused was the organisation called the MIA (Montgomery improvement association) which organised the boycotts. An effect, which took place in the short term was the loss of income for bus services in Montgomery. With the ordeal affecting transport business this lead to the desegregation of buses, June 5th, 1956. The
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These laws were enforced by the state government and were particularly dominant in southern areas of America. Many of the laws restricted blacks, solely because of their skin colour, from using public facilities or applying for particular higher income jobs. African Americans were tired of being treated like second-class citizens with restricted rights towards using things like drinking fountains, cafes and allocated seating for black on buses; which was a cause towards the Montgomery bus boycotts. This feeling of being imprisoned by the laws caused the Montgomery boycotts because it Motivated the black citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, to get behind and support the efforts towards