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Background[ edit ] Activists proposed to the city that black riders would be allowed to ride in the front of the bus, but voluntarily refrain from sitting next to whites. The City Council initially approved this concept and passed Ordinance But the cadre of all-white bus drivers refused to enforce the ordinance, and they went on strike.

The ordinance was overturned after the strike went on four days. The drivers returned to work after the Louisiana Attorney General overturned the ordinance and declared victory.

Jemison helped organize the United Defense League and a bus boycott after the integration ordinance was overturned. About 14 residents refused to board the city's buses daring instead accepted rides in free taxis set up by the community and in private car pools. About 25 private cars were used to transport people while the boycott was in force.

After six hours, the boycott ended when the city passed Ordinance It directed that black riders would fill the bus from the rear forward and whites from the front toward the back. Blacks and whites were prohibited from sitting next to each other in the same row.

Two front seats were declared off-limits to black riders, and only black riders could occupy the wide rear seat that spanned the back sitew the bus. The boycott had a very small impact on the city's transportation system and on the broader civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. Jemison about the fight for social justice in Baton Rouge.

He especially wanted to discuss the free riuge ride system, which was a key part of enforcing the Baton Rouge bus boycott. The Baton Rouge Bus boycott served as a model for the internationally known Montgomery bus boycott. The Baton Rouge Bus boycott also inspired residents to mobilize around other issues, such as securing the right to vote.

The project places benches at sites with historical ificance for people of African ancestry. Further reading[ edit ] Beauchamp, M. Baton Rouge Bus Boycott.

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