Montgomery's black community, led by 26-year-old Martin Luther King Jr., launches a one-day protest against the arrest of Rosa Parks. The boycott <a href="https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/when-black-homemakers-became-heroes-lava-thomas-drawings-at-rena-bransten">lasts more than a year</a>, and sets the tone for civil rights protests in the next decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Montgomery's black community, led by 26-year-old Martin Luther King Jr., launches a one-day protest against the arrest of Rosa Parks. The boycott lasts more than a year, and sets the tone for civil rights protests in the next decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Montgomery's black community, led by 26-year-old Martin Luther King Jr., launches a one-day protest against the arrest of Rosa Parks. The boycott <a href="https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/when-black-homemakers-became-heroes-lava-thomas-drawings-at-rena-bransten" rel="noopener noreferrer">lasts more than a year</a>, and sets the tone for civil rights protests in the next decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

1955: Montgomery Bus Boycott

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