On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This brave act ignited the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr. | HISTORY

Journey Through Black History Month! The 1955–1956 Montgomery bus boycott was a pivotal 381-day 13-month, nonviolent campaign sparked by Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to surrender her seat to a white passenger, leading to the desegregation of Montgomery, Alabama’s public buses. Led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), the boycott was a remarkably effective, unified protest that drew international attention to the injustices of Jim Crow laws. *The cont