Fifty Years
Posted by Chris on December 1, 2005 at 9:37 pm.
On December 1, 1955, Chapter 6, Section 11 of the City Code of Montgomery, Alabama prescribed that the first four rows of public bus seats were reserved for “white people.” Although more than 75% of Montgomery city bus passengers were black, the ordinance also required black patrons sitting in the “colored section” to […]
