- Title:
- Montgomery, 1955 : Rosa Parks, MLK, and the boycott that changed the South
- Date of Original:
- 1955/1956
- Subject:
- Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Montgomery
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery
African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery
Civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery
Boycotts--Alabama--Montgomery
Buses--Alabama--Montgomery
Passive resistance--Alabama--Montgomery
Direct action--Alabama--Montgomery
Nonviolence--Alabama--Montgomery
Race discrimination--Alabama--Montgomery
Race relations
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Segregation--Alabama--Montgomery
Law--Alabama--Montgomery
Montgomery Improvement Association - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
Nixon, Edgar Daniel
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, 32.22026, -86.20761
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997 - Medium:
- instructional materials
articles
fliers (printed matter)
newspapers
legal documents
reports
identification photographs
photographs
web sites
timelines (chronologies)
interactive resource - Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Web site exhibit of materials relating to the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. The site includes a copy of the Montgomery city code that required segregation on the buses and that gave power to bus drivers to arrest passengers; an image of the bus Rosa Parks was on when she was arrested and a diagram of where she was sitting; a police report from Parks' arrest, a copy of her fingerprint card, and her mug shot; newspaper articles and Montgomery Improvement Association flyers about the boycott; and images of commemorative materials.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://blogs.kentlaw.iit.edu/library/exhibits/montgomery-1955/
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Rights:
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