Why was the Montgomery bus boycott a tremendous victory for African Americans?

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Sim W.
May 27, 2017

It was the first symbolic victory of the Civil Rights movement

Explanation:

The Montgomery Bus boycott was launched in 1955 right after the arrest of Rosa Parks who refused to give her seat to a white man. Martin luther King organized a boycott to have the bus company yield and this act of peaceful resistance was finally successful.

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