2015
This Week in History – The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols – boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs. Symbolic action on whatever scale – from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to wearing a simple wristband – is designed to disrupt our everyday complacency and force people to think. Photo Source: Life.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, in which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating, took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, and is regarded as the first large-scale demonstration against segregation in the U.S. Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.
West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history.
This Week in History!
On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks defied segregation laws by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person, and was arrested.
On December 4, 1954 the first Burger King fast-food restaurant was opened in Miami, Florida.
On December 5, 1933 the 21st Amendment was ratified, ending prohibition; alcohol still subject to state regulation.
On December 5, 1955 Dr. Martin Luther King organized the bus boycott.
Quote: Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live-Robert F. Kennedy
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