Montgomery, 1955 : Rosa Parks, MLK, and the boycott that changed the South
Online exhibit on the Montgomery bus boycott featuring photographs and other documents.
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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.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
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