Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Holt Street Baptist Church Speech

• And we are not wrong, we are not wrong in
  what we are doing. If we are wrong, then the
  Supreme Court of this Nation is wrong. If we are
  wrong, the Constitution of the United States is
  wrong. If we are wrong, God Almighty is wrong. If
  we are wrong, Jesus of Nazareth was merely a
  Utopian dreamer and never came down to earth. If
  we are wrong, justice is a lie. And we are
  determined here in Montgomery to work and fight
  until justice runs down like water and
  righteousness like a mighty stream.
• --Martin Luther King Jr.

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Claudette Colvin

• Colvin is the first woman arrested in Montgomery
  for refusing to give up her seat. She is only 15
  years-old at the time.

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Rosa Parks
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Ralph Abernathy
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E.D. Nixon

• E.D. Nixon was the head of the Montgomery NAACP
  and one of the leaders of the Bus Boycott. His
  home was bombed along with Martin Luther King Jr.
  during the boycott.

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Attorney Fred Gray

• Fred Gray is the attorney that defends Rosa Parks
  in court. He later takes the case of the
  segregated buses to Federal Court.

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Rufus Lewis

• Rufus Lewis organized the carpool that helped
  keep the Montgomery Bus Boycott alive for more
  than a year.