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Rosa Parks sitting on a bus Rosa Parks sits in the center of a bus bench, looking at a woman beside her, with a man seated behind them on a newly integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), with other civil rights supporters lock arms on as they lead the way along Constitution Avenue during the March on Washington, Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963.
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Montgomery bus boycott: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: National Park Service - The Montgomery Bus Boycott. Sep 21, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 28, 2025
Add new Web site: Swarthmore College - Global Nonviolent Action Database - African Americans boycott buses for integration in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S., 1955-1956. Oct 02, 2025
Add new Web site: National Humanities Center - The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It (PDF). Aug 22, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS - Alabama Public Television Documentaries - Justice Without Violence: The Montgomery Bus Boycott. Apr 15, 2025
Add new Web site: National Council for the Social Studies - The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Utilizing Primary Sources and Identifying Multiple Perspectives (PDF). Feb 08, 2025
Add new Web site: ANCHOR - The Montgomery Bus Boycott. Aug 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - The Social-Psychological Origins of the Montgomery Bus Boycott: Social Interaction and Humiliation in the Emergence of Social Movements. Apr 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Oct 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Black History in America - Rosa Parks Bus Boycott. Sep 12, 2023
Add new Web site: NPR - The Women Behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Aug 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Alabama - Montgomery Bus Boycott. Jun 21, 2023
Add new Web site: National Park Service - The Montgomery Bus Boycott. Apr 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Stanford University - The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute - Montgomery bus boycott. Sep 05, 2022
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The Montgomery Bus Boycott. May 16, 2022
Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Mar 08, 2022
Corrected display issue. Mar 16, 2020
Add new Web site: United States History for Kids - Montgomery Bus Boycott. Mar 14, 2019
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Channel - Where Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation. Feb 16, 2017
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Montgomery Bus Boycott. Aug 08, 2016
New article added. Dec 29, 2013
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