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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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, By Havannah Ly and Darlene Bartolome.

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it was December 1, 1955, and Rosa Parks was sitting on a seat in the bus. She was ordered to give up her seat to a white man, but she repeatedly refused. Parks the got arrested. Rosa Parks was sick of having to give into the whites. Soon after the Montgomery Bus Boycotts started. African Americans were ordered to stay off buses, and use other ways of transportaion. About 50k people walked miles, carpooled, anything to stay off the buses. In the end the bus company lost a lot of money. Th SUpreme Court also ruled in favor of the M.I.A, and said segregated buses were unconsititutional. The Montgomery Bus Boycott gave others courage to organize more boycotts.

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Selma, Alabama Marches

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The Selma Marches were set out to bring attention to the Voting Rights movement. The first march happend on March 7 1965. During the first march they were met with a large amount of violence from heavily armed state troopers. They used tear gas, clubs, and whips to attack. The 2nd march happend on March 9 1965. They had to end because of a barricade of state troopers. The 3rd and final march happend on March 21 1965. They were able to be heavily protected by 2,000 state troops after others saw on television how horriffc they were being treated. This was a 54-mile long march. In result of these marches the Voting Rights Act of 1965 got passed. Immediately new black voters had been registered.

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Greensboros Sit-Ins was created from a group of 4 students. They wanted to see if they would get the same treatment as white people if they sat in a white people-only area at a lunch cafeteria. These kids were inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and his nonviolent protests because of that they decided to do a non violent sit-in protest at a segregated lunch cafeteria.The waitresses would refuse to serve them, so the kids would continue sitting at the counter until they either got served or until policemen arrested and dragged them out. They didn't engage in any violence. This protest inspired many African-American people including some whites to to spread the sit-ins protests. This spreaded throughout all of the South and soon to different states and cities. Many African Americans started to protesting in stores, restaurants, and other public facilities. This soon started to affect businessmen causing them to loose money for a reduction in salary for not meeting their sales goals.

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When segregated buses were legal the blacks couldn't sit wherever they wanted. They had to sit in the back. Also If the bus was full, or if a white person just wanted their seat they had to give it up to them.

This is what a bus would've looked like during that time

Anyone that took part in the Greensboro Sit-In protest would get treated horribly by other white customers and waitresses. Condiments would get thrown at them, some would get dragged out, and others were cursed and yelled at.

In this picture white customers are pouring condiments on the protesters.

Rosa felt exhausted giving into the strict rules she had to live with her whole life. Parks just wanted to be in a place where she woud feel loved, and not paranoid about somebody harassing her. She also talks about coping with the Jim Crow Laws. How the Laws affected many people's way of living.

These are pieces of writing that Rosa Parks wrote.

During the nonviolent sit-in protest, African Americans, including students, participated. Even some white people decided to join the protest. They would sit at long, rowdy counters like the ones shown in the picture. Many, many people participated as the peaceful type protest spread throughout the whole South and to different cities.

The many amount of people who participated.

On March 7th 1965 the first Selma March happend. The marchers were met with harsh violence from armed state troopers. The troopers used tear gas, clubs, and horses to dispel participents.

This is a picture of the marchers getting attacked

Greensboros Sit-In Counter

The 4 students who conducted the nonviolent sit-in protest sat at long rowed counters filled with high stools. They would sit at these counters until waitresses either served the students or until police would arrest or drag the students out.

This Is The Counter Where The Greensboro Sit-In Protests First Started

After many people were horrified to see how the marchers were treated. The marchers were able to get protected by 2,000 U.S army soliders. The march was 54-miles, and was attended by 3,200 marchers.

This is the 3rd march

On March 9 1965 the 2nd march happend. While marching they had to come to a stop. They could not continue because there was a large barricade of state troopers.

This is the barricade of state troopers

African Americans didn't ride the bus at all. People walked miles just to not ride. Others offered carpools for the elderly. The organizer of the boycott was the Montgomery Improment Association (MIA). About 50,000 people participated in the boycott. This went on for 382 days.

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