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  1. History Lessons
  2. U.S. History
  3. Civil Rights Era and Cold War Culture
  4. Montgomery Bus Boycott
Topic: U.S. History
Time Period: Civil Rights Era and Cold War Culture

Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the first successful mass actions of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. The boycott is often understood in overly-simplified terms - the result of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat. In this lesson, students build a more complex understanding of the causes and context of the boycott as they analyze four historical documents. 

Image: Photo of Black residents walking during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. From BlackPast.org.

Image: Photo of Black residents walking during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. From BlackPast.org.

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