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The Montgomery Bus Boycott

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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.