Organization and Protest in the Civil Rights-Era South: The Montgomery Bus Boycott-U.S.

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Historical Background 
Primary Sources         
Montgomery, Alabama City Code, 1956     
Petition to the Montgomery City Council, “Negroes’ Most Urgent Needs,” December 6, 1955       
Interview with Rosa Parks, November 14, 1985    
Two Working Women Reflect on Why They Participated in the Montgomery Bus Boycott (oral histories), January 1956     
Montgomery Improvement Association, Meeting Minutes, 1956
“Integrated Bus Suggestions” (flyer), December 19, 1956 
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