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S/P/518. Montgomery bus boycott: successes and failures

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2011
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The paper examines the historical significance of the Montgomery bus boycott organised by the city’s black population in 1955-1956, assessing its effects on the black civil rights movement in the USA and discussing its positive and negative outcomes including the rise of Martin Luther King, the Women’s Political Council, further intimidation towards the black community, etc.

 

KEYWORDS: Montgomery bus boycott, black civil rights, USA, Martin Luther King,

 
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