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Why Did Montgomery Bus Boycott Succeed

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Why did the Montgomery Bus Boycott succeed? The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a 13 month protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. The successfulness of the boycott became outstanding, and was able to change a lot of people lives.
The boycott started whenever Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person, and then continued into much more. The Women’s Polotical Council asked for many different things , such as a city law where blacks set from back till front and white sit from front till back, blacks not be forced to pay fare at front, busses stop of every corner in residential sections occupied with blacks.
Hitch-hiking, walking, and transportation by white

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