Lesson 24:The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Joining the EffortWhen Jo Ann Robinson heard about Rosa Parks’arrest, she called for a one-day boycott of the buses.Robinson was a member of the Women’s PoliticalCouncil of Montgomery. The group called a meeting.Hundreds of people came. Many of them wereministers. That Sunday, the ministers asked theirchurch members to join the boycott.One of the ministerswas Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr. He helpedform a group calledthe MontgomeryImprovementAssociation (MIA).The group decidedto try to keep theboycott going longer.The one-day boycotthad been successful.Suddenly, the streetsof Montgomery werefull of people walkingto work.6