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= __The Montgomery Bus Boycott__ =

The Montgomery Bus Boycott started to show support for Rosa Parks. Some African American leaders formed the Montgomery Improvement Association to control the boycott. They voted Martin Luther King, Jr. to lead them. MLK held a meeting encouraging people to continue the protest. He said, "There comes a time, my friends, when people get tired of being thrown into the abyss of humiliation, where they experience the bleakness of nagging despair." He also stated the peaceful protest would be the most affective. So, with many African Americans walking instead of riding buses, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was a huge success. It started a chain reaction of desegregation and the gaining of civil rights.