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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bus company
public transit operator
associatedWithOrganization Montgomery Improvement Association
associatedWithPerson James F. Blake
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
boycottDuration 381 days
boycottEndDate 1956-12-20
boycottStartDate 1955-12-05
bus2857LaterPreservedAt Henry Ford Museum
centralTo Montgomery bus boycott narrative
country 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
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
Rosa Parks bus protest
legalContext Browder v. Gayle
locatedIn Montgomery, Alabama
notableBusNumber Bus 2857
operated segregated bus system
operatedDuringPeriod Jim Crow era
linked to: Jim Crow laws

civil rights era
operatedInCity Montgomery
operatedInCountry United States
operatedInState Alabama
operatedUnderFranchiseFrom City of Montgomery
linked to: Montgomery, Alabama
operatedVehicleUsedIn Rosa Parks arrest
ownershipType private company
regulatedBy City of Montgomery
linked to: Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery City Commission
serviceType bus transit
public bus service
subjectToCourtRuling Browder v. Gayle (1956)
linked to: Browder v. Gayle
transportedPassengerGroup African American residents of Montgomery
white residents of Montgomery
usedRacialSegregationPolicies yes

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Rosa Parks Bus operatedBy Montgomery City Lines