The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights movement that took place in the city of Montgomery, Alabama. During this time, segregation was a big thing in the South. The African Americans have been fighting for their rights for so long. They were demanding political and racial equality. The African Americans were being getting tired of the segregation on the buses so they decided to boycott the buses. They would walk, ride in taxis’, carpool, and any other way they could get to where they needed to go besides using the buses. This was a big movement for the civil rights. This boycott took place from around December of 1955 to December of 1956. It lasted a little bit over a year. Even though Rosa Parks is the lady who really started this movement,
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The thunder of Angels says, “Laws were enacted that locked black people into second-class citizenship” which means that black people were below whites. Many states could bring punishment onto people who is caught being with another race. Different races were not allowed to marry each other. Business owners had to make sure their black and white clients stayed separated. There were rules throughout Alabama dealing with segregation. White nurses were not required to help any black man that was placed in the hospital. On buses all blacks had to sit in the back. They would pay up front, get off, and get back on through the back door. Whites and blacks were not allowed to be served in the same room at restaurants. The only way they could is if there was a seven foot or higher wall in between them. Whites and blacks were not allowed to play pool together. Whites and blacks had separate bathrooms. That would mean more money when building a building, since they have to make double the restrooms. There could not be intermarriages. If any male or female of different races are living together are able to be punished. They could be in jail up to twelve months or have to pay five hundred dollars. In schools, white and blacks had to be taught separately. Many states had their own way punishing people who broke the Jim Crow laws. Everything that people did, the whites and blacks did separately. Whites looked down on
The thunder of Angels says, “Laws were enacted that locked black people into second-class citizenship” which means that black people were below whites. Many states could bring punishment onto people who is caught being with another race. Different races were not allowed to marry each other. Business owners had to make sure their black and white clients stayed separated. There were rules throughout Alabama dealing with segregation. White nurses were not required to help any black man that was placed in the hospital. On buses all blacks had to sit in the back. They would pay up front, get off, and get back on through the back door. Whites and blacks were not allowed to be served in the same room at restaurants. The only way they could is if there was a seven foot or higher wall in between them. Whites and blacks were not allowed to play pool together. Whites and blacks had separate bathrooms. That would mean more money when building a building, since they have to make double the restrooms. There could not be intermarriages. If any male or female of different races are living together are able to be punished. They could be in jail up to twelve months or have to pay five hundred dollars. In schools, white and blacks had to be taught separately. Many states had their own way punishing people who broke the Jim Crow laws. Everything that people did, the whites and blacks did separately. Whites looked down on