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Event:Montgomery Bus Boycott! The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a very important event in the fight for the civil rights. The event made it equal for blacks to sit where ever they wanted on the busses. It made people inspired to fight for there civil rights. Even though it was onley one event it was one step closer to blacks having equal rights as the whites.This is what made the Montgomery Bus Boycott so inspiring in the United States. Many ideas led up to the Bus Boycott happening. For example Rosa Parks who inspired the Boycott was arrested for not giving up her seat in the front of the bus. The people were mad about this and the boycott was their way of getting back at them. Also blacks were tired of being pushed around. People were mad about the busses being segregated. Also, people wanted to fight in what they believed in. There were many changes that the Bus Boycott created. For example, the bus company and goverment were losing all their money, so they gave in to the cause and desegragated the busses. The surpreme court declared segragation on busses unconstitutional and illegal. After that blacks didn't have to give up their seats on busses only so that whites can have them. Then more **non-violent protests** started happening too.A non-violent protest is a way to bring change without using violence. Also, Martin Luther King JR. had a meeting with Rosa Parks and other civil rights leaders. It also got the blacks one step closer to having equal rights as the whites. Many people had thoughts and feelings about this tragity too. One thought that Rome has is that he thinks that the Bus Boycott was the perfect way to go against segregation on busses. A feeling that Brandon has is that it was a good way to covince the company to let the blacks sit where ever they wanted on the busses. Another feeling that Rome has is that taking money away from the company is the easiest and most effective way to get the busses desegregated. Lastly a thought that Brandon has is "Why did they only want to do it for one day?" Those were some important facts and events that took place during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and before it.

How did this event create justice & equality: Inspired ppl to fight for civil rights and there own rights to sit where ever they wanted on the bus. The boycott was only suposed to go on for one day but the people wanted their rights so they led it on for over a year. It made it equal for the blacks to sit where ever they wanted on the busses. It inspired many blacks and whites that we should all be the same in all ways.

Causes: Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat in the front of the bus.Also ppl wanted equal rights as the whites. Another cause is that the blacks were tired of bein pushed around. People wanted to fight in what they believed in. So they could have equal rights as the whites. People were tired of segregation on busses. People were mad that Rosa Parks was aressted for not givin up her seat.

Impacts: The bus company and the goverment gave in because they were losing all there money so the busses were desegregated. The supreme court declared segragation on busses unconstitutional and illegal. Blacks didn't have to give up their seats.More nonviolent protest started happening.MLK JR. had a meeting with Rosa Parks and other civil rights leaders.It made the blacks one step closer to havin all the equal rights as the whites.

Importance: The brave soul of Rosa Parks, and the people that took part in the boycott. People thought the bus botcott was so important that Martin Luther King was called to lead it. When the bus boycott started it was leading the south to ending segregation. Since MLK jr. helped with the boycott racists started hating him more which helped lead to murder. e perfe