I've been collecting postcards on and off since I was a kid - exchanging them while trading zines, buying them everytime I'm on vacation, and getting them from family members who went overseas. In January 2007 I discovered Swap-Bot, and from then on I started collecting more actively! Since then I also started to swap on Postcrossing and the Postcrossing Forums.

1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott

Wednesday, December 10, 2008


After Rosa Parks was arrested on Dec 1, 1955, for refusing to let a white passenger take her seat on a Montgomery, AL, bus African Americans began a prolonged boycott of the bus company by walking or carpooling for more than a year. On Dec. 21, 1956, black passengers once again rode Montgomery City Lines. The Boycott is represented by a detail from "Walking", a 1958 painting by Charles Alston.

received from Mary (tobiejonzarelli, swap-bot)
"Postcards on World Post day"

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