Martin Luther King Jr. is probably one of the most influential civil rights people who ever lived. He was a minister in Montgomery when the bus boycott started and turned out to be one of the most important people during the boycott.
Edgar D. Nixon
Edgar Nixon (E.D. Nixon) was an ongoing activist in the civil rights movement. He was born on February
“If
there had been no E.D. Nixon to get into the ruts and gullies and try to do
something when it was very unpopular, things would not have been accomplished.” ~Fred E. Grey
Fred Grey
Fred Grey was the attorney for many of the protestors such as Rosa Parks, E.D Nixon, and Martin Luther King. He was the only African American attorney in Montgomery at the time and a civil rights activists. He represented many protesters after they were arrested and gave them council on what to do.
Claudette Colvin
Claudet Colvin was a seventeen year old woman who was kicked off a bus and arrested before Rosa Parks. ED Nixon didn't use her because she was pregnant and not married.
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was "the mother of the Bus Act" and had a very influential role. She was the person who would not give up her seat on the bus and wouldn't take no for an answer. She would go through the entire protest and would be involved in other protests all over the country.
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Rosa Parks and some of her fellow protesters were also working with the NAACP. The NAACP was also trying to outlaw segregation and mistreatment to the people of color.