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King spoke to nearly 5,000 people at the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery on December 5, 1955, just four days after Mrs. Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery city bus. In his speech, King described the mistreatment of black bus passengers and the civil disobedience of Rosa Parks, and then justified the nonviolent protest by appealing to African-American Christian faith in love and justice and the American democratic tradition of legal protest. King reads a prepared statement to about 2,500 persons attending mass meetings at Holt Street and First Baptist Churches. 1 He urges “the Negro citizens of Montgomery to return to the busses tomorrow morning on a non-segregated basis.” Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. Four days later, a boycott of the Montgomery bus system was planned. On December 5, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave this speech, urging those who had just voted for the boycott to persevere in their struggle to obtain justice. Montgomery bus boycott, mass protest against the bus system of Montgomery, Alabama, by civil rights activists and their supporters that led to a 1956 U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring that Montgomery’s segregation laws on buses were unconstitutional. The boycott was led by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. white passenger on a segregated bus. Four days later, a boycott of the Montgomery bus system was planned. On December 5, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave this speech, urging those who had just voted for the boycott to persevere in their struggle to obtain justice. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in “Browder vs. Gayle”, declaring Alabama and Montgomery bus segregation laws unconstitutional, took effect on December 20, 1956. King received national attention for his role in the bus boycott, which ended on that date. In his speech, King described the mistreatment of Black bus passengers and the civil disobedience of Rosa Parks, and then justified the nonviolent protest by appealing to African American Christian faith in love and justice and the American democratic tradition of legal protest. Martin Luther King Jr.'s first public speech was for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He was 25 years old. When it was over, he emerged a leader in civil rights. Montgomery Bus Boycott Digital History ID 3625. Author: Martin Luther King, Jr. Date:1955. Annotation: This speech was delivered four days after the arrest of Rosa Parks. It was given at the First Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) Mass Meeting, held at Holt Street Baptist Church December 5, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. January 1, 1909. On 5 December 1955, the first day of the Montgomery bus boycott, thousands of Montgomery’s black citizens gathered at Holt Street Baptist Church for the first mass meeting of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). Boycott Puts Martin Luther King Jr. in Spotlight. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was significant on several fronts. First, it is widely regarded as the earliest mass protest on behalf of civil rights The Institute cannot give permission to use or reproduce any of the writings, statements, or images of Martin Luther King, Jr. Please contact Intellectual Properties Management (IPM), the exclusive licensor of the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. at licensing@i-p-m.com or 404 526-8968. Screenshots are considered by the King Estate a Martin Luther King, Jr. - Civil Rights, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Nonviolence: While in Boston, King met Coretta Scott, a native Alabamian who was studying at the New England Conservatory of Music. They were married in 1953 and had four children. King had been pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, slightly more than a year when the city’s small group of civil Author: King, Martin Luther, Jr. Date: March 22, 1956 Location: Montgomery, Ala. Genre: Speech Topic: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests Montgomery Bus Boycott. Details. Hours after his conviction for violating Alabama’s antiboycott law, King declares that “the protest is still on” to the thousands gathered at Holt Street Baptist Church. The Montgomery Bus Boycott speech reprinted below is one of the first major addresses of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King spoke to nearly 5,000 people at the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery on December 5, 1955, just four days after Mrs. Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery city bus. Martin Luther King Jr. made a very important speech during the Montgomery Bus Boycott that still has a big impact on the fight for equal rights and fairness today. King spoke powerfully about the importance of peaceful protest and standing up to unfair laws, and these ideas are still important for people working for change. Author: King, Martin Luther, Jr. Date: January 1, 1956 to December 31, 1956 Location: Chicago, Ill. Genre: Speech Topic: Montgomery Bus Boycott Details. The evening after testifying at the Democratic National Convention King delivered the featured speech at the fiftieth-anniversary convention banquet of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity in Buffalo. Board of Education were also relevant in the Montgomery Bus Boycott; the Montgomery bus segregation laws were a violation of the constitutional guarantee of equality; the principles of Plessy v. Ferguson were similar to those in the Montgomery bus company; the conviction of Martin Luther King Jr. was unconstitutional; 6. 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