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# The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest in 1955, where black people boycotted the busses.
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|Start date: 5th December 1955|
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|End date: 20th December 1956|
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|Goal: End segregation policies|
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|Result: Supreme Court ruled bus segregation laws as unconstitutional|
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## How did it start:
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The Montgomery Bus Boycotts were started by Rosa Parks, who was a seamstress and secretary for the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), when she was arrested after she refused to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery City. This started the bus boycotts
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## Key figures and leadership:
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