American Jazz Museum to Host "381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story"
By: State: Missouri | Source: aarp.org
"A pebble cast in the segregated waters of Montgomery, Alabama, created a human rights tidal wave that changed America . . . And it all started on a bus."
—Fred Gray, attorney for Browder v. Gayle, which affirmed that racial segregation of public buses was unconstitutional.
Rosa Parks' refusal to move to the back of the segregated bus on December 1, 1955, was an isolated incident of heroism. Her subsequent arrest resulted in a one-day protest in which members of the black community in Montgomery, Alabama walked off the city transit lines.
That exploded into a 381-day bus boycott by 50,000 people that helped launch America's civil rights era and introduce its leaders, including a young preacher named Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to the nation.
"381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story" traveling exhibit opens at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri August 2.
Made possible through the support of AARP, the SITES (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service) exhibit was developed in collaboration with Troy University Rosa Parks Library & Museum.
Created to commemorate the events of 1955 that became the genesis of the modern Civil Rights movement, 381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story is a thought-provoking, multimedia examination of an important era in American history.
The exhibit will be in Kansas City through October 12.
Other Resources
Share
preview