Montgomery City Lines

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Montgomery City Lines was the private bus company that operated the segregated public transit system in Montgomery, Alabama during the civil rights era, including the bus on which Rosa Parks made her historic protest.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Montgomery City Lines canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bus company ⓘ
public transit operator ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Montgomery Improvement Association ⓘ
associatedWithPerson James F. Blake ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Rosa Parks ⓘ
boycottDuration 381 days ⓘ
boycottEndDate 1956-12-20 ⓘ
boycottStartDate 1955-12-05 ⓘ
bus2857LaterPreservedAt Henry Ford Museum ⓘ
centralTo Montgomery bus boycott narrative ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
courtRulingEffect bus segregation declared unconstitutional ⓘ
desegregationDate 1956-12-21 ⓘ
economicImpactOfBoycott severe loss of revenue ⓘ
employed bus drivers ⓘ
enforcedSegregationOnBuses yes ⓘ
facedBoycottBy African American community of Montgomery ⓘ
Montgomery Improvement Association ⓘ
hadPolicy African Americans required to give up seats to white passengers on demand ⓘ
African Americans required to sit in rear ⓘ
racially segregated seating ⓘ
historicalSignificance catalyst for major civil rights litigation and protest ⓘ
symbol of segregated public transportation in the U.S. ⓘ
implementedDesegregation yes ⓘ
industry public transportation ⓘ
involvedInEvent Montgomery bus boycott ⓘ
Rosa Parks bus protest ⓘ
legalContext Browder v. Gayle ⓘ
locatedIn Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
notableBusNumber Bus 2857 ⓘ
operated segregated bus system ⓘ
operatedDuringPeriod Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

civil rights era ⓘ
operatedInCity Montgomery ⓘ
operatedInCountry United States ⓘ
operatedInState Alabama ⓘ
operatedUnderFranchiseFrom City of Montgomery ⓘ
linked to: Montgomery, Alabama
operatedVehicleUsedIn Rosa Parks arrest ⓘ
ownershipType private company ⓘ
regulatedBy City of Montgomery ⓘ
linked to: Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery City Commission ⓘ
serviceType bus transit ⓘ
public bus service ⓘ
subjectToCourtRuling Browder v. Gayle (1956) ⓘ
linked to: Browder v. Gayle
transportedPassengerGroup African American residents of Montgomery ⓘ
white residents of Montgomery ⓘ
usedRacialSegregationPolicies yes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rosa Parks Bus → operatedBy → Montgomery City Lines ⓘ