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Civil Rights Movement: Montgomery Bus Boycott

This guide provides resources about important people and events from the Civil RIghts Movement.

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Explore these resources to learn more about the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The Boycott lasted 381 days from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956.

Rosa Parks

PRIMARY SOURCE: Montgomery Bus Boycott: Rosa Parks rides on a newly integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, following the end of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. December 26, 1956. PHOTO BY DON CRAVENSTIME LIFE PICTURESGETTY IMAGES.

Rosa Parks rides on a newly integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.4

Primary Sources

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Police Report, Rosa Parks1

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Database Articles

  • Search: Montgomery Bus Boycott: Click on Reading Level 2 or 3 to receive less or more details about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

  • Search: Montgomery Bus Boycott: Article explains the three demands black people of Montgomery insisted be remedied in order to end the Boycott.

Web Articles

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks being fingerprinted after her arrest.3

Web Articles

Civil Rights: Montgomery Bus Boycott (Ducksters): Article established a timeline of events and results of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott (Khan Academy): In-depth coverage of Rosa Parks and the Boycott.

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Illustration showing where Rosa Parks sat on the bus.2

Sources

1. Police Report, December 1, 1955 Page 1 Civil Case 1147 Browder, et al v. Gayle, et. al; U.S. District Court for Middle District of Alabama, Northern (Montgomery) Division Record Group 21: Records of the District Court of the United States National Archives and Records Administration-Southeast Region, East Point, GA. National Archives Identifier 596074

2. Illustration of bus where Rosa Parks sat, December 1, 1955 Civil Case 1147 Browder, et al v. Gayle, et. al; U.S. District Court for Middle District of Alabama, Northern (Montgomery) Division Record Group 21: Records of the District Court of the United States National Archives and Records Administration-Southeast Region, East Point, GA. National Archives Identifier 596069

3. Parks, Rosa. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 16 Jan. 2020. school.eb.com/levels/elementary/assembly/view/206680. 
Accessed 31 Jan. 2020.

4. "PRIMARY SOURCE: Montgomery Bus Boycott: Rosa Parks rides on a newly integrated bus in Montgomery,..." Government, Politics, and Protest: Essential Primary Sources, edited by K. Lee Lerner, et al., Gale, 2006. Gale in Context: U.S. History, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC2687587024/UHIC?u=mlin_c_lms&sid=UHIC&xid=ab29a9d8. Accessed 2 Feb. 2020.