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E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery bus boycott.
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E. D. Nixon
American civil rights leader (1899–1987)
Edgar Daniel Nixon, known as E. D. Nixon, was an American civil rights leader and union organizer in Alabama who played a crucial role in organizing the landmark Montgomery bus boycott there in 1955. The boycott highlighted the issues of segregation in the South, was upheld for…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Rosa Parks
American civil rights activist (1913–2005)
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, in 1952, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Montgomery bus boycott
1950s American protest against racial segregation
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a foundational event in the civil rights movement in the United States. The campaign lasted from December…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)