The term refers to a series of nonviolent protests in which interracial groups traveled together on buses across southern states to challenge segregation policies on interstate buses.
Related terms
Montgomery Bus Boycott: A year-long boycott (refusal) by African Americans against segregated bus seating after Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.
Sit-ins: Nonviolent protests where individuals occupied segregated public spaces like restaurants or lunch counters as a form of civil disobedience.
March on Washington: A massive civil rights demonstration held in 1963 where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.