Montgomery bus boycott. Acceleration of the Movement for Emancipation of African-Americans in the USA

This Bachelor thesis deals with the civil right movement of African-Americans in United States in 1950s and 60s. It was a period when the movement gained mass form. A key event was the arrest of Rosa Parks for violating of segregation law. A Montgomery bus boycott was the first mass action of that Movement, which was succesfully completed. They achieved desegregation in public transportation. The protest actions and demonstrations then ran across the United States. The leading figure of the Movement was Martin Luther King. Despite significant obstacles continue to work towards equality of black Americans. The Civil right Movement achieved significant progress during the term of president J. F. Kennedy and then during the term of president Lyndon B. Johnson. At this time, Congress passed two very important laws. Civil Right Act took affect in 1964 and Law Act in 1965. Despite the fact it took a long time for America to accept African-americans as equals