Montgomery bus boycott
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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
Rosa Parks on a Montgomery bus on December 20, 1956, the day Montgomery's public transportation system was legally integrated. Behind Parks is Nicholas C. Chriss, a UPI reporter covering the event.
Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after her arrest for boycotting public transportation
A diagram showing where Rosa Parks sat in the unreserved section at the time of her arrest
The National City Lines bus, No. 2857, on which Rosa Parks rode before she was arrested (a GM "old-look" transit bus, serial number 1132), is now on exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum.
Georgia Gilmore
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Georgia Theresa Gilmore was an American civil rights activist from Montgomery, Alabama, who participated in the Montgomery bus boycott through her fund-raising organization, the club from Nowhere, whi
Georgia Gilmore waving, photo taken January 1978
Georgia Gilmore in her kitchen making a box lunch. She used her culinary skills to support the Montgomery bus boycott.
Georgia Gilmore seated in the audience at Holt Street Baptist Church.