Thesis
Many history books credit Rosa Parks as being the catalyst of the Montgomery Bus
Boycott and helping to further weaken segregation, while the true catalyst,
Claudette Colvin, receives no credit.
Many history books credit Rosa Parks as being the catalyst of the Montgomery Bus
Boycott and helping to further weaken segregation, while the true catalyst,
Claudette Colvin, receives no credit.
A Timeline of Events
The kids of Brown v. Board of Education.
Carl Iwasaki/ Time-Life Pictures
1953 and 1954
Baton Rouge stages its own
boycott, setting an example for Montgomery.
1954
May 17, the Supreme Court
rules in favor of integration of schools in Brown v. Board.
Baton Rouge stages its own
boycott, setting an example for Montgomery.
1954
May 17, the Supreme Court
rules in favor of integration of schools in Brown v. Board.
Courtesy of the Montgomery Advertiser.
Spring 1955
March 2, Claudette is arrested.
March 18, Claudette is tried and found
guilty of assaulting a police officer.
Winter 1955
December 1st, Rosa Parks is arrested.
December 2nd, Pamphlets are sent out telling
Montgomery blacks not to ride the buses.
Aurelia Browder. Courtesy of Cosmo-D Productions.
1956
June 5, Browder v. Gayle, the case that further weakened "separate but equal" precedent, goes to
court.
1958
Claudette moves to New York City,
ending her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.
June 5, Browder v. Gayle, the case that further weakened "separate but equal" precedent, goes to
court.
1958
Claudette moves to New York City,
ending her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.
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