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Mind Map by Benedict Williams, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Benedict Williams
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- 1955-6
- Rosa
Parks
- Rosa Parks was deeply active in the NAACP (National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People) and the Montgomery
Improvement Association
- Fired from job at the department store
where she worked immediately
- Agreed to be NAACP's test case
- Husband died in 1977
- After that, founded a self-development institute
- Offered Summer schools called 'Pathways to Freedom'
- Offered Summer schools called 'Pathways to Freedom'
- After that, founded a self-development institute
- 1996
- Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Rosa Parks was deeply active in the NAACP (National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People) and the Montgomery
Improvement Association
- 'The Spark'
- 1st December 1955
- Rosa Parks was going home on the bus as usual when, as the bus
was full, she sat in the white only section.
- She was asked to move, but she refused, and was arrested for breaking the Bus Segregation Law
- 4 days later, she was convicted and fined
- 4 days later, she was convicted and fined
- She was asked to move, but she refused, and was arrested for breaking the Bus Segregation Law
- 1st December 1955
- The Boycott
- To boycott is to withdraw from commercial or social relations with
(a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
- Originally one-day boycott, but extended into a longer boycott.
- Known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Black Americans walked or carpooled to work or to get to places
- Bus companies lost money
- Bus companies lost money
- Known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- To boycott is to withdraw from commercial or social relations with
(a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
- Retaliation
- White Americans fought back
- Martin Luther King arrested and
fined for speeding
- Jan 1956
- Jan 1956
- People waiting for lifts and carpool drivers were
arrested
- MLK's house was bombed, but boycott continued
- Martin Luther King arrested and
fined for speeding
- White Americans fought back
- Further on...
- For next 12 months...
- 17,000+ Black Americans in Montgomery refused to use buses
- Within one week, set up carpools. At one point, 200+
vehicles carpooling
- Mostly set up by local churches
- Mostly set up by local churches
- Boycott dragged on, until US Supreme Court made bus
segregation illegal
- New law began on 20th December 1956
- New law began on 20th December 1956
- 17,000+ Black Americans in Montgomery refused to use buses
- June 1956
- Two federal judges ruled that the segregation law was unconstitutional.
- US Supreme Court agreed, and made illegal one month later
- US Supreme Court agreed, and made illegal one month later
- Two federal judges ruled that the segregation law was unconstitutional.
- First major victory of Civil Rights Movement
- Rosa Parks became target for racists, and so ran away to
Detroit in 1957. She continued working for the NAACP
- Rosa Parks became target for racists, and so ran away to
Detroit in 1957. She continued working for the NAACP
- For next 12 months...
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