This boycott was the first-ever mass-action during the civil rights era and it inspired Blacks to come together and fight against racial segregation.
Explanation:
The Montgomery bus boycott was a boycott led by Dr Martin L. King following the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1st December 1955. The boycott began when Rosa Park denied giving her bus seat to a white passenger and the black people of the city refused to ride the city buses for whites.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was began by the arrest of Rosa Park. Blacks launched the protest against the policy of racial segregation adopted by the bus system organization. The Montgomery bus boycott triggered the national civil rights movement in the United States. This boycott was the first-ever mass-action during the civil rights era and inspired other civil rights activists throughout the nation. After a period of 11 months, the United States' Supreme Court ruled the policy of segregation to be illegal.
