E.D. Nixon was a leader in the black community in Montgomery, Alabama long before the bus boycott. What events in Nixon’s personal life influenced his willingness to become an activist? How did membership in the Brotherhood of SleepingCar Porters and the NAACP shape his views on community life and his activism? What specific roles did he play in those two organizations? What had Nixon done to address problems on Montgomery’s buses prior to the beginning of the bus boycott?
