Montgomery City Lines
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Montgomery City Lines was the private bus company that operated the segregated public transit system in Montgomery, Alabama during the civil rights era, including the bus on which Rosa Parks made her historic protest.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus company
ⓘ
public transit operator ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | Montgomery Improvement Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
James F. Blake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosa Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boycottDuration | 381 days ⓘ |
| boycottEndDate | 1956-12-20 ⓘ |
| boycottStartDate | 1955-12-05 ⓘ |
| bus2857LaterPreservedAt | Henry Ford Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTo | Montgomery bus boycott narrative ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| courtRulingEffect | bus segregation declared unconstitutional ⓘ |
| desegregationDate | 1956-12-21 ⓘ |
| economicImpactOfBoycott | severe loss of revenue ⓘ |
| employed | bus drivers ⓘ |
| enforcedSegregationOnBuses | yes ⓘ |
| facedBoycottBy |
African American community of Montgomery
ⓘ
Montgomery Improvement Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadPolicy |
African Americans required to give up seats to white passengers on demand
ⓘ
African Americans required to sit in rear ⓘ racially segregated seating ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
catalyst for major civil rights litigation and protest
ⓘ
symbol of segregated public transportation in the U.S. ⓘ |
| implementedDesegregation | yes ⓘ |
| industry | public transportation ⓘ |
| involvedInEvent |
Montgomery bus boycott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rosa Parks bus protest ⓘ |
| legalContext | Browder v. Gayle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Montgomery, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBusNumber | Bus 2857 GENERATED ⓘ |
| operated | segregated bus system ⓘ |
| operatedDuringPeriod |
Jim Crow era
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
civil rights era ⓘ |
| operatedInCity | Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedInCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedInState | Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedUnderFranchiseFrom | City of Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedVehicleUsedIn | Rosa Parks arrest GENERATED ⓘ |
| ownershipType | private company ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
City of Montgomery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montgomery City Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
bus transit
ⓘ
public bus service ⓘ |
| subjectToCourtRuling | Browder v. Gayle (1956) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportedPassengerGroup |
African American residents of Montgomery
ⓘ
white residents of Montgomery ⓘ |
| usedRacialSegregationPolicies | yes ⓘ |
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