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civil rights activist black woman was coming home from her job and got on an ordinary bus. She sat in the back in the section for black people. The bus kept filling and filling and the bus driver noticed that they were several white people standing. He stopped the bus and moved the black people sign back a row. The blacks who were sitting in that row gave up their seat to the white people but Rosa Parks refused. The bus driver asked her, “Why don’t you stand up?” and she replied, “I don’t think…

the white people of the bus. There was twenty-six seats that were assigned for the black people on the bus. They are not sure, there is a dispute if there was an extra seat in the black section. Rosa Parks was located directly behind the whites. The driver requested that the black people that were directly behind the whites move further back, so that the white person that was being attended, had a seat. Rosa parks was then arrested for not listening to the orders of the bus drivers. After…

with the desegregation of buses. In 1961 freedom rides were organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to see if the Supreme Court’s declaration that the segregation of transportation facilities was unconstitutional actually desegregated the bus system. The SNCC was involved in the rides as well. CORE, CNCC and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed a coordinating committee to organize the freedom riders. The freedom riders wanted to attempt to ride buses through…

The civil rights movement occurred during the 1950s and 1960s. Throughout this period there were a variety of tactics used by the activists, including, non-violent protest, bus boycotts, marches, freedom rights and sit-ins. One of the most effective tactics used in the Civi Rights Movement were sit-ins. Sit-ins was a very peaceful way to protest. Students and other civil rights activists would "sit-in" at white only locations. The first people who would "sit-in" refused to leave unless they…

Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone There were many others who felt the same way,” Rosa Parks once stated. She continued to fight for her rights even though that resulted in her being placed in jail. She managed to influence a lot of people because of her neverending desire to be free. She was part of a group named National Association for the Advancement of Colored People[NAACP] that group helped tie people together. Because she stood up for herself, influenced a…

she was not the first African-American woman to be arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, she generated the spark that…

use the public facilities that white people used." (Diane Nash) The Freedom Riders were a group of people from the Congress of Racial Equality, also known as CORE. Their goal was to motivate desegregation of public transportation in the south. These bus rides were called “Freedom Rides”, and the first Freedom ride began on May 4, 1961. All thirteen of them boarded two public buses headed towards the south from Washington D.C. On the first week, the Freedom Riders received minor hostility, but…

of the bus. I was reading a book when I heard a commotion behind me. Behind me the bus driver was talking to a black woman, this interested me. I closed my book and leaned in to listen to their conversation. The bus driver kept telling the women to get up. He was yelling and appeared to be angry. He told her that he would have her arrested! This was ridiculous! I didn’t understand why someone would do all this for a bus seat. The bus driver then escorted the kind looking lady off the bus.…

Disobedience is necessary for human progress. Without disobedience we would not have many of the famous historical icons we have today. People automatically assume we need obedience in order to progress in life. In some instances this is true, but everyone has the right to go against what one thinks is wrong. Disobedience has changed the world to have more egalitarianism and different outcomes of felife historically. Today, the constitution functions differently than decades ago, thanks to the…

There were various reasons for the occurrence of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It started off with Mrs. Rosa Parks, who defied the “canons of white supremacy” by resisting a segregation law, stating that African Americans must give up their seat for whites. The bus driver warned Parks that she would be arrested if she did not get up, yet she resisted the order and let them arrest her. Subsequently, E. D. Nixon released Rosa Parks and wanted to showcase a form of direct action. Nixon also knew…