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How different were the montgomery and bristol bus boycotts?

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Different Bus Boycotts

Montgomery Bus Boycott:

Happened in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955-1956

Started after a woman named Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white person

Lasted for over a year

Black people refused to ride the buses to protest segregation and unfair treatment

Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader in the boycott

Ended with a Supreme Court ruling that segregation on buses was illegal

Bristol Bus Boycott:

Happened in Bristol, England in 1963

Started after a group of black people were denied jobs as bus drivers because of their race

Lasted for four months

Black people refused to ride the buses to protest discrimination and unfair treatment

There was no single leader of the boycott, but several organizations worked together to support it

Ended with the bus company agreeing to hire some black drivers, but not all of them

Overall, both boycotts were protests against unfair treatment and discrimination, but they happened in different countries, for different reasons, and with different outcomes.

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