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Montgomery Bus Boycott: Cities
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At the same time, local civil rights activists initiated a boycott of the Montgomery bus system. In cities across the South, segregated bus companies were daily reminders of the inequities of American society. Since African Americans made up about 75 percent of the riders in Montgomery, the boycott posed a serious economic threat to the company and a social threat to white rule in the city.
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In 1955 and 1956, the African American community in Montgomery, Alabama, came together to force an end to segregation on city buses. Their organized protest lasted for 381 days and ignited a movement that changed the nation in innumerable ways.
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