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date: 17 March 2025

Montgomery Bus Boycottlocked

Year-long protest in Alabama that galvanized the American Civil Rights Movement and led to a 1956 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court declaring segregated seating on buses unconstitutional.

Montgomery Bus Boycottlocked

Year-long protest in Alabama that galvanized the American Civil Rights Movement and led to a 1956 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court declaring segregated seating on buses unconstitutional.
  • Marian Aguiar

A version of this article originally appeared in Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience.

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