From 0c0c7c4aa316dfc21aaca59735fe020af1d41cd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hugo H Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 17:57:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Started Factfile --- montgomery-bus-boycott-factfile/readme.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 montgomery-bus-boycott-factfile/readme.md diff --git a/montgomery-bus-boycott-factfile/readme.md b/montgomery-bus-boycott-factfile/readme.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..91fc9ce --- /dev/null +++ b/montgomery-bus-boycott-factfile/readme.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +# The Montgomery Bus Boycott + +The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest in 1955, where black people boycotted the busses. + +|Quick Facts:| +|---| +|Start date: 5th December 1955| +|End date: 20th December 1956| +|Goal: End segregation policies| +|Result: Supreme Court ruled bus segregation laws as unconstitutional| + +## How did it start: +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 + +## Key figures and leadership: +While the boycotts started with Rosa Parks, there were a number of other people involved as well. +1. Martin Luther King: MLK was a 26 year old minister who led the Montgomery Improvement Association. +2. Jo Ann Robinson: She was the president of the Women’s Political Council (WPC), She printed 35,000 flyers to announce the boycott. +3. E.D. Nixon: A ported who bailed Rosa Parks out of jail and saw an opportunity to stop the jim crow laws. +