2.3 + 2.4 Montgomery Bus Boycott Flashcards
Who was Rosa Parks?
Secretary for NAACP
What happend with Rosa Parks to start the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
- Sat on middle seats where black or white can sit
- Refused to move for a white man
- Arrested
- Started a 381-day boycott of buses by African Americans
How many days did the boycott last for?
381
why was Rosa Parks movement significant?
She was a highly respected advocate for the NAACP
70% of bus pasangers were African American - 90% stopped using the bus - making a significant impact on public tansport sales
what does MIA stand for?
Montogmery Improvement Association
When was the MIA set up
set up on 5th Dec 1955
what were the MIAs demands?
Black bus drivers should be allowed, black people to be respected on buses etc
who was the Chairman for the MIA?
Martin Luther King
what did the MIA do to assist the boycott?
- Aranged black taxi / carpooling systems
- Black taxis to charge lower
-White car owners to help african-americans with lifts
what did the curches do to assist the boycott?
Bought cars to allow black people to be transported over the city
Black churches became a space of support for boycott
Bought shoes for walking
What were the reactions to boycott?
- Black people verbally + physically harrased
- Divers of cars frequently arrested for minor driving offences
- Laws used to prevent crowds gathering - arrested those waiting for cars
- Martin Luther King’s (and other officials) house was bombed
Whathappened to cause the Browder v Gayle ruling? - why was it put to the supreme court?
Boycott gained media attention - showed issues of segregation
NAACP challenge supreme court
Argue that segregation is a voilation of the 14th ammendment
Win case
What is the positive siginificance of B v G
Bus segregation no longer
Provieded example that protests work
Inspired more civil rights campaigns
Showed that taking a stand can bring about change
what is the negative significance of Bv G?
Lots of violence as a result
Other facilities still segregated
BvT still more significant
Backlash of violence to black people
Bombings of African American churches
