The outcome of the Montgomery bus boycott was that a federal court ordered the buses to be desegregated. The boycott began in December 1955 after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. It lasted for over a year and was a pivotal event in the American civil rights movement, ultimately leading to the Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional.
What was the outcome of the Montgomery bus boycott?
1. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
2. A federal court ordered the buses to be desegregated.
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