Montgomery bus boycott

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Date	December 5, 1955 - December 20, 1956
Location	Alabama • Montgomery • United States

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Rosa Parks had once paid the fare and then been refused service by this bus driver before.
Montgomery's African-American cab drivers charged only 10 cent fares for African-American riders during the boycott.
Even after the buses integrated, Montgomery's bus stops were still segregated.

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Women’s Political Council African Americans American civil rights movement civil rights bus Did Lucille Times Boycott Buses Before Rosa Parks?National Association for the Advancement of Colored People racial segregation Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the Birth of the Civil Rights Movement

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