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National Humanities Center Resource Toolbox The Making of African American Identity: Vol. III, 1917-1968. The MONTGOMERY. Black Belt Press BUS BOYCOTT . and the WOMEN WHO STARTED IT __________________________. The Memoir of Jo Ann Gibson Robinson __________________________. Mrs. Jo Ann Gibson Robinson Black WOMEN in Montgomery, Alabama, unlocked a remarkable spirit in their city in late 1955. Sick of segregated public transportation, these WOMEN decided to wield their financial power against the city bus system and, led by Jo Ann Gibson Robinson (1912-1992), convinced Montgomery's African Americans to stop using public transportation.

In the meantime, domestic workers who worked late into the day toyed with the slips of paper carrying the important information of the protest.

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