Introduction
Most know the deed that Rosa Parks did, and how she started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. However, few know that the movement actually began when a young fifteen-year-old girl refused her seat to a white woman. This girl was Claudette Colvin. At first, the blacks were too scared to stand up against the injustices they endured, but with the right leaders, they rose up against segregation.
Jim Crow Laws
Blacks in the 1950s, living in central Alabama, lived a life completely controlled by segregation, given unequal opportunities. The whole system of racial segregation was known as “Jim Crow.” Its job was to not only keep the races separate, but also to keep the blacks poor. Black workers often only made half as much money as the average
Most know the deed that Rosa Parks did, and how she started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. However, few know that the movement actually began when a young fifteen-year-old girl refused her seat to a white woman. This girl was Claudette Colvin. At first, the blacks were too scared to stand up against the injustices they endured, but with the right leaders, they rose up against segregation.
Jim Crow Laws
Blacks in the 1950s, living in central Alabama, lived a life completely controlled by segregation, given unequal opportunities. The whole system of racial segregation was known as “Jim Crow.” Its job was to not only keep the races separate, but also to keep the blacks poor. Black workers often only made half as much money as the average