Skitgomery Bus Boycott Analysis

Maddie Durmowicz

Period: 8

Montgomery Bus Boycott Script

Scene 1: In this scene we will ask our interviewee specific questions about Rosa Parks, the beginning of the Boycott, and their personal experiences with bus segregation.

Questions: How were you treated on public buses before the boycott? Did you ever have to give up your seat?

How was Rosa Parks a beginning of the boycott? Did you see her as a leader?

What would you say the atmosphere was like after Rosa Parks’s arrest and prior or during the boycott?

Scene 2: In this scene Rosa Parks will refuse to give up her seat to a White man on a bus. The police will be called and she will be arrested.

Title Slide: December 1st, 1955

White man 1: “ Hey, all of the seats up front are

After earning a master’s degree, she moved to Montgomery Alabama to teach at Alabama State College. In the the late 1940’s Robinson experienced racial segregation when she was yelled at for sitting in the empty white section of a bus. Robinson eventually went on to become the president of the Women’s Political Council and met with the mayor of Montgomery, William A. Gayle. However, the city wasn’t denied their demands to integrate buses so Robinson, MLK, E.D. Nixon and the local leaders get together to plan a boycott.

While Narrator speaks…

Picture of Jo Ann, Alabama State College, then a bus

Jo Ann shows overall plan of boycott on blackboard, leader nod heads and clap.

Jo Ann, MLK, ED Nixon and other local leaders shake hands

Flyer that says “Don't ride the bus to work, to town, to school, or any place Monday, December 5.

Another Negro Woman has been arrested and put in jail because she refused to give up her bus

Thank you for staying off of the buses.”

Narrator: (Taxi drives off in the background) “The taxi system worked very well until the city started to demand that taxi drivers charge the standard 45 cents opposed to the 10 cents that was being charged. If they refused to do so the cab driver would be be arrested. Most boycotters could no longer afford to pay for taxis and had no good transportation solution.”

Scene 9: In this scene there is another MIA meeting where it is discussed how to continue the boycott. The narrator will explain with a voice over the meeting. There will then be a carpool scene where townspeople are all carpooling in a Taxi.

Narrator: (MIA meeting in the background) “Another MIA meeting was held in order to figure out what we can do in order to transport everyone. A system of carpools was decided on. The carpool system was incredibly complex and there were 300+ cars involved. The carpool system was put into effect in early 1956.”

Townsperson 4: “He/She should be arriving any time now to take us to work.”

Townsperson 5: “Oh! There he/she is!”

Townsperson 4, 5 and 6: (Look up the