Montgomery Bus Boycott
- The initial phase of the black protest activity
- The black community began boycott of the city's buses
- The boycott lasted more than a year demonstrating the unity and determination of black residents and inspiring blacks elsewhere
Sit-Ins
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- College students began to initiate sit-ins designed to end segregation at southern lunch counters.
- The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee fought for the rights to vote and for an end to discriminatory laws and practices.