On december 5 Martin called for a bus boycott. All black riders were asked to stay off the buses. Women printed and handed out leaflets which told blacks t stay off the buses. Do you agree with this call? The main reason why the bus boycott began was because Rosa Parks was forcefully remove from a bus after not moving to give her seat to a white man, even though she was sitting in.
Despite its importance, the Montgomery Bus Boycott failed to spark a wider effort to end racial segregation and voting discrimination in Alabama and the rest of the South. The subsequent 1957 Civil Rights Act—which strengthened existing civil and voting rights laws, established a federal civil rights commission, and created the position of assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights—was the first national civil rights legislation since Reconstruction..
Despite its importance, the Montgomery Bus Boycott failed to spark a wider effort to end racial segregation and voting discrimination in Alabama and the rest of the South. The subsequent 1957 Civil Rights Act—which strengthened existing civil and voting rights laws, established a federal civil rights commission, and created the position of assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights—was the first national civil rights legislation since Reconstruction..