Tallahassee bus boycott

Tallahassee bus boycott
Tallahassee bus boycott
Part of the civil rights movement
	Reverends C. K. Steele, H. McNeal Harris, and A. C. Redd ride at the front of a bus on December 27, 1956
Date	May 28, 1956 – December 22, 1956
Location	Tallahassee, Florida
Caused by	Racial segregation on public transportation; College students Wilhemina Jakes and Carrie Patterson arrested; Influence of on-going Montgomery bus boycott; Browder v. Gayle (1956);
Resulted in	Race-based segregation on Tallahassee city buses abolished;
Parties
Inter-Civic Council (ICC); National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP);	City Commission of Tallahassee; Florida Legislative Investigation Committee (FLIC); Cities Transit Company; Tallahassee Police Department;
Lead figures
	ICC member Charles K. Steele; NAACP member Robert Saunders;

The Tallahassee bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Tallahassee, Florida. The campaign lasted from May 26, 1956 to December 22, 1956, and contributed to the broader civil rights movement in the United States. The boycott began when Wilhelmina Jakes and Carrie Patterson, two Florida A&M University students, were arrested by the Tallahassee Police Department for "placing themselves in a position to incite a riot".^[1] Robert Saunders, representing the NAACP, and Rev. C. K. Steele began talks with city authorities while the local Black community started boycotting the city's buses. The Inter-Civic Council ended the boycott on December 22, 1956.^[2]^: 36 On January 7, 1957, the City Commission repealed the bus-franchise segregation clause because of the United States Supreme Court ruling Browder v. Gayle (1956).

^ Taylor, Jr., George (2015). "George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery". University of North Florida Digital Commons. Retrieved 30 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Spagna, Ana Maria (2010). "The Tallahassee Bus Boycott". Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: A Daughter's Civil Rights Journey. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803233928.

[1] Taylor, Jr., George (2015). "George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery". University of North Florida Digital Commons. Retrieved 30 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Spagna-2] Spagna, Ana Maria (2010). "The Tallahassee Bus Boycott". Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: A Daughter's Civil Rights Journey. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803233928.

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