ger. She was arrested and civil rights leaders (including Dr. martin Luther King Jr.) organized a bus boycott. The boycott lasted 381 days and wreaked havoc on white businesses. In the end the courts ruled that segregation on busses was unconstitutional. The civil rights leaders had a signal victory
             Dr. King gained –prominence through this boycott and became the most visible leader of civil right s in the 1960's. He would carry out a doctrine of civil disobedience to further the fight for civil rights. After Montgomery, bus boycotts took place in other cities throughout the south increasing awareness of the inequities throughout America.
             The civil rights movement of the 50's and 60's took place because of several factors. The fact that black men and women served with distinction in World War II and civil rights leaders invoked their record of service. Also black migration from the farm to the cities, developmen
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