![]() It then called for a boycott of the buses on Monday December 5th. The flyer told of the arrest of Parks and mentioned that 75% of the bus riders were blacks and if there was a boycott of the bus system then the city would be forced to pay attention to these customers. On Friday December 2, Robinson created a flyer which she distributed to black families around Montgomery. ![]() The only thing missing was a good test candidate and respectable, middle-class Rosa Parks seemed perfect for the role. They knew that they would have large support from black women who made up a majority of the bus users. Both Nixon and Robinson were waiting for a test cast to challenge the segregated bus policy in Court. ![]() The idea of the boycott had been floating around for months. Together with Jo Ann Robinson of the Women’s Political Council, and other black leaders, Nixon set plans for the boycott. Nixon, used the arrest to launch a bus boycott to fight the city’s segregated bus policy. ![]() The President of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), E.D. ![]() On the evening of DecemRosa Parks, a Montgomery seamstress on her way home from work, refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man and was subsequently arrested. The Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama was a crucial event in the 20th Century Civil Rights Movement. ![]()
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