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Here is another view of the E. D. Nixon home. E. D. Nixon began organizing Montgomery blacks to oppose racial segregation on city buses. |
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Here is another view of the E. D. Nixon home. E. D. Nixon began organizing Montgomery blacks to oppose racial segregation on city buses. |
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This history sign commemorates E. D.
Nixon's role in organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Montgomery blacks protested racial segregation by refusing to ride segregated buses. |
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The first mass meeting to protest the arrest of Rosa Parks was held at the Holt Street Baptist Church, an African-American church in Montgomery. |
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More than 5,000 Montgomery blacks attended that first meeting to oppose racial segregation on city buses. The Holt Street Baptist Church was used for many rallies and meetings during the civil rights years. |