King said the boycott of city buses will continue no matter. King spoke to nearly 5,000 people at the holt street baptist church in montgomery on december 5, 1955, just four days after mrs. Since then the nation has seen the beauty and composure of coretta scott king when her husband was stabbed by a deranged woman, when he received the nobel peace prize, when he was assassinated, and as she continued to speak and act on behalf of civil. Of all the facets of segregation in montgomery, the most degrading were the rules of the montgomery. Coretta scott king and the civilrights eras hidden women the. King, leader of the mass bus boycott, was found guilty march 22, 1956 of conspiracy in the montgomery bus boycott. Zeittafel coretta scott king, 19272006 missionarische dienste. Montgomery boycott, coretta scott king describes how a major triumph in the civil rights movement started when a seamstress refused to give up her seat on a. At the 20th anniversary of the 1955 bus boycott, three of the principals come down the steps of the dexter avenue baptist church 125, led by mrs. Summary of the short story montgomery boycott written by coretta scott king. Coretta scott king funeral program pdf coretta scott king entry in the. In the boycott he led of the citys segregated buses, his wife played a decisive role.
April 27, 1927 january 30, 2006 was an american author. Fbi files reveal government spied on coretta scott king. Parks on the bus she had been a volunteer secretary for the montgomery chapter and likened the boycott to the tactics of the white citizens councils. In 1956 stanley levison, a jewish attorney from new york, began raising funds to support the montgomery bus boycott and became acquainted with martin luther king, jr.
The montgomery bus boycott speech reprinted below is one of the first major addresses of dr. After both had completed their studies, the kings moved to montgomery, alabama, where martin luther king had accepted a position as pastor of the dexter avenue baptist church. The two men developed a close relationship in which levison not only advised king, but also aided him with the daytoday administrative demands of the movement. The montgomery bus boycott serves as an ideal historical model for teaching social movements, not only because the boycott achieved an end to segregated seating on city bus lines, but it also illustrates some of the key elements of achieving social transformation. King led the montgomery bus boycott for 381 days to protest the arrest. After her husband became involved in the montgomery bus boycott, king often received. In montgomery boycott, coretta scott king describes how a major triumph in the civil rights movement started when a seamstress refused to give up her seat on a bus. Montgomery boycott coretta scott king hopkins public schools. Coretta scott king joined her husband in civil rights activism in the 1950s and 60s, taking part in the montgomery bus boycott. Racism, school desegregation laws and the civil rights movement in the united states duration. Rosa parks was arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat on a montgomery city bus. Coretta scott king, as the first family of the civil rights move ment, have distinguished records of public service to the amer ican people and the. Discuss think of something you would like to change in your community.