During a long period of time in the 1950’s, majority of the African American society avoided riding the public bus throughout Montgomery, Alabama. Before 1955, isolation between the races was normal in the south. This implied open territories, for example, schools, restrooms, drinking fountains, and restaurants all had separate areas for people of colored skin and those of white. This was additionally valid for public transportation such as buses and trains. There were specific seating spaces for blacks, which were separated from the whites. Segregation as well as racism was getting more and more inhumane as time went by. The colored citizens among Montgomery, Alabama decided that it was time to stop this once and for all.
On December 1, 1955, Ms. Rosa Parks, a 40 year old seamstress at the time, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a grown, white male on the city’s public bus. On behalf of her arrest, she commented “... the only tired I was, was tired of giving in”. Rosa Parks was a member of the group best known as …show more content…
Civil Rights Leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald, Claudette Colvin, and Mary Louise Smith were all a small part of the boycott. Some however, took bigger roles in the situation. The dissent tested the approach of public bus segregation. Upon the arrival of Rosa Parks’ trial, nearly the entire black community did not ride the busses by any means. The dissent truly hurt the bus system. More than 66% of the riders on the bus were colored. Therefore, most of the money made by the bus services were from black passengers. On the morning of December 5, when they officially stopped riding the bus, Dr Martin Luther King’s wife, Coretta King, looked outside her window and hollered to her husband that the busses that drive by were empty. At that exact moment, they knew the boycott will push blacks one step further in the fight for racial equality all
On December 1, 1955, Ms. Rosa Parks, a 40 year old seamstress at the time, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a grown, white male on the city’s public bus. On behalf of her arrest, she commented “... the only tired I was, was tired of giving in”. Rosa Parks was a member of the group best known as …show more content…
Civil Rights Leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald, Claudette Colvin, and Mary Louise Smith were all a small part of the boycott. Some however, took bigger roles in the situation. The dissent tested the approach of public bus segregation. Upon the arrival of Rosa Parks’ trial, nearly the entire black community did not ride the busses by any means. The dissent truly hurt the bus system. More than 66% of the riders on the bus were colored. Therefore, most of the money made by the bus services were from black passengers. On the morning of December 5, when they officially stopped riding the bus, Dr Martin Luther King’s wife, Coretta King, looked outside her window and hollered to her husband that the busses that drive by were empty. At that exact moment, they knew the boycott will push blacks one step further in the fight for racial equality all