Blacks, on average, earned half the amount of whites. Below are the questions and answers to our Montgomery Bus Boycott Mythbuster Quiz.The leaders and participants in the Montgomery Bus Boycott faced challenges such as racial discrimination, economic hardships, and violence. In the wake of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Parks lost her tailoring job and received death threats. Voter Registration Efforts in Alabama. Montgomery County laws prohibit discrimination in employment based on age protecting people who are 18 and older in accepting job applications. On October 24th, 2005, at the age of 92, she died of natural causes leaving behind a rich legacy of resistance against racial discrimination and injustice. Discrimination in the workplace is a national as well as a local issue. On August 6, 1965 — just a few months after the march — President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, to prohibit racial discrimination in voting. The District Court does not have carte blanche authority to administer city facilities simply because there is past or present discrimination.