After Claudette Colvin was arrested for not giving up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in March 1955, a bus boycott was considered and rejected. But when Rosa Parks was arrested in December, Jo Ann Gibson Robinson of the Montgomery Women's Political Council put the bus boycott protest in motion. Late that night, she, John Cannon (chairman of the Business Department at Alabama State University) and others mimeographed and distributed thousands of leaflets calling for a boycott.Robinson, Jo Ann & Garrow, David J. (foreword by Coretta Scott King) The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It (1986) Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press The eventual success of the boycott made its spokesman Martin Luther King Jr., a nationally known figure. It also inspired other bus boycotts, such as the successful Tallahassee, Florida boycott of 1956–57."The Tallahassee Bus Boycott—Fifty Years Later," The Tallahassee Democrat, May 21, 2006 This movement also sparked the 1956 Sugar Bowl riots in Atlanta which later became a major organizing center of the civil rights movement, with Martin Luther King Jr.
After Claudette Colvin was arrested for not giving up her seat on a Montgomery Alabama bus in March 1955 a bus boycott was considered and rejected But when Rosa Parks was arrested in December Jo Ann Gibson Robinson of the Montgomery Women's Political Council put the bus boycott protest in motion Late that night she John Cannon (chairman of the Business Department at Alabama State University) and others mimeographed and distributed thousands of leaflets calling for a boycottRobinson Jo Ann & Garrow David J (foreword by Coretta Scott King) The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It (1986) Knoxville University of Tennessee Press The eventual success of the boycott made its spokesman Martin Luther King Jr a nationally known figure It also inspired other bus boycotts such as the successful Tallahassee Florida boycott of 1956–57"The Tallahassee Bus Boycott—Fifty Years Later" The Tallahassee Democrat May 21 2006 This movement also sparked the 1956 Sugar Bowl riots in Atlanta which later became a major organizing center of the civil rights movement with Martin Luther King Jr