Summary-The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a Civil Rights protest that started in 1955.The protest was where African Americans refuse to ride city buses in Montgomery,Alabama,to protest segregated seating.It took place from December 5,1955,to December 20,1956.It is regarded as the first large scale U.S. demonstration against U.S. One of the leaders of the boycott, a young pastor named Martin Luther King, Jr., emerged as a prominent leader of the American civil rights movement.