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# The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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## Effect on the Government
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### Local Government Pressure
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The Montgomery city government lost a massive amount of tax money because the bus company nearly went bankrupt without the black passengers
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### Federal Intervention
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The boycott forced the national government and the Supreme Court to step in end segregation rather than leaving it to individual states |