Interview with Gussie Nesbitt

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Interview with Gussie Nesbitt
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Abstract

Gussie Nesbitt lived in Montgomery, Alabama, during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The boycott was a mass protest by Black residents, who stopped riding the local buses rather than be forced to sit at the back of the buses. Nesbitt participated in the boycott and also attended the mass meetings of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). The MIA was formed on December 5, 1955, by Black ministers and Black community leaders and played an integral role in organizing the fine details so that the bus boycott was successful. The cooperation of the participants like Nesbitt brought national attention to the discriminatory racial segregation practices in the South. The interview sheds light on the conditions that led to the boycott as well as the daily lives of Black workers in the South, particularly Black women, who often worked as maids, housekeepers, and cooks for white residents.

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