The Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 | Black American Heroes

This clip will uncover what it took to translate protest into real legislative change, starting with the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955. See more in Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America.

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[CharlesB-UNITEUS]

Much praise to all those who chose to boycott the buses for 381 days, and the carpool organizers.

[jmanj]

Wow. This is the first time I've ever heard about the carpool system and the other logistical steps taken during the bus boycott.

[sashek]

just realized when the way they were coordinating the independent pickups, they were pioneering Uber

[c.russell]

My dad is half black and im so glad he didn't grow up in the USA. He is now 70 years old and he saw all this in TV from Costa Rica and he told me how African Americans suffered. He name me Rosa because he admitted Rosa Park. ❤

[BelleRose]

MLK was a great man, though sadly a lot of people don't realize just how great he was. Not long ago, I was reading through many of his speeches. We might never see anyone like him ever again, someone so true to his values and so sincere with the power to shake the world 😭

[adalbertosanchez]

He was the greatest man in the world and some people could not see that, RIP, I still remember that day, so 😭😭😭 sad

[sibusisomotaung]

Marcus Garvey, Malcolm x, Rosa Parks, MLK and many were really brave and their efforts have really changed the status quo to the betterment of black lives.

[teresacolston]

My grandmother told me she did not get up from her seat plenty of times. She said she was tired just like them and she said right there. Maybe some white people were not as pushy as others.

[wesleyshelby]

My dad went to jail at the age of 6 because of this.
He told me grandma gave him a dime to catch the bus to school. He said that he paid his fare but had to get off and get on the back of the bus.
The bus pulled off, he kicked the back of the bus, and the bus driver had him arrested.
They sent him to jail.
My grandparents came and got him.
He said my grandparents never punished him for it because they knew it was wrong.
Only my grandparents know but I wonder did they go off anyone at the jail.
They were bold people.
Black did people did fight back at times back then.

[Jazzy]

That’s so crazy. My last name is Montgomery.

[WellWilliamson-xhmk]

At first they wasn't listening to us

[vixapphire]

Would've been much improved adding King's words to the video, rather than the rinsed "interpretation" of events by a group of academics who weren't even born yet.

[alanstrong]

The Senior MLK likely joined in quietly without getting harsh.

[samuraibeastwarrior]

i know 2 stuff that need to be Boycotted Madden NFL Football and The PS5 pro

[Androncux]

What's does Romans 11:28 NIV have to do with racism? KJV is my first edition.

[milhouse]

Rosa Parks was not the first person of color who refused to give up her seat and fought for her equal rights in court. The first person was Claudette Colvin. However, Colvin was a pregnant teenager and the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement thought that she should not be the face of the movement. They chose Parks who refused to give up her seat and fight in court nine months after Colvin did.

[JustAcommenter]

CLAUDETTE COLVIN needs to get the credit for this!! SHE was the one that refused her seat. Rosa Parks was recreating it.

[rotmage]

We should be looking to these amazing movements in the past... we need them again now.

[culturemotived]

How you going to react with violence when a group of people don’t want to use your service PEACEFULLY . Just evil

[linzierogers]

Octogenarian here soon to be nonagenarian. I recall the boycott well. It drove the bus company out of business or at least that is what i either heard or read somewhere. It was a Jim Crow south in which I had been living since birth. A few years later I was drafted into the U.S. Army and ended up in Europe where people had no time for segregating and discriminating against people unlike them. WWII hadn't been over too long and they were too busy trying to put meat and bread on their tables. It was here I was treated humanely by whites. After my return home a few years later came the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is 2024 and sad to say but the south hasn't really changed that much, it has just learned to make its racism more subtle and pseudo friendly. Sadder still there are millions of blacks who have fallen for and believe their scam. Derrick Bell was right.