Montgomery's Black-owned taxi companies, which operated a total of around 210 cabs, volunteered to lower their fares to just 10 cents, so passengers paid the same as they would for a bus ride.

Taxi drivers in other cities such as New York, Rome and Paris already use Uber to book services, the company said in its announcement. “We know that black cab adoption won’t happen overnight.

Black taxi fares are to rise by more than double the rate of inflation from next month in the latest attempt to prevent cabbies quitting the trade.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in December 1955 after Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat. Black taxi drivers provided alternative transportation for thousands of boycotters. Police ...