11. Rosa Parks, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott, was a hero. 12. That act of defiance led to a bus boycott by fellow African Americans and is now seen as the start of the modern civil rights movement. 13. The Montgomery bus boycott lasted more than a year and ultimately wound up in the Supreme Court, where segregation laws were struck down. 14. Three years later the Durrs moved to Montgomery, where they supported the bus boycott and other civil rights activities. 15. Words and pictures detail the ensuing yearlong bus boycott, considered the first major offensive in a battle ostensibly won but never fully over. 16. Her arrest set off the Montgomery bus boycott, bringing national attention to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and helping forge the civil rights movement. 17. Her action led to a bus boycott that made the Rev. Martin Luther King a major leader and gave new life to the civil rights movement. 18. Her arrest led to the Montgomery bus boycott. 19. The episode sparked the yearlong Montgomery bus boycott and helped launch the civil rights movement. |