Main Figures
She was arrested for refusing to give up her seat.
Rosa Parks
What year did the Montgomery Bus Boycott start.
1955
The boycott helped launch this larger movement.
Civil Rights Movement
This law made seating on public buses segregated before the boycott.
Jim Crow Laws
This group opposed desegregation and harmed many protesters.
Ku Klux Klan
This is a civil rights leader who became a key part during the boycott.
Martin Luther King Jr
How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last.
One year
Which amendment did The Supreme Court declare that segregation on buses was unconstitutional.
14th Amendment
The federal court first ruled against bus segregation before the Supreme Court supported it.
Browder v. Gayle
White cities used this method to try to stop the boycott.
Arrests
Attorney who represented Ross Parks in court.
Fred Gray
The boycott officially ended after this Supreme Court ruling.
Browder v. Gayle
The Montgomery Bus Boycott helped Martin Luther King Jr become a leader of this organization.
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
This amendment guarantees equal protection under the law and was used to challenge segregation.
14th Amendment
This was the way Martin Luther King Jr‘s house was targeted.
Bombing
Civil Rights organization that helped the boycott
NAACP
This transportation was heavily used during the Boycott.
Carpools
The boycott inspired many protests in this southern city.
Tallahassee Florida
This previous Supreme Court ruling allowed segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
Plessy v. Ferguson
The bus company suffered because of this reason.
Loss of black passengers who were most of the bus riders
Black Woman who refused to give up her seat months before Rosa Parks.
Claudette Colvin
This specific event led to the bus boycotts.
Rosa Parks arrest
The Boycott made a big impact for this major piece of legislation in 1964.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This case was a year before the boycott and got rid of segregation in public schools.
Brown v. Board of Education
White segregation supporters formed this group to maintain racial segregation in the south.
White Citizens Council