Fight for Rights “A boycott is directed against a policy and the institutions which support that policy either actively or tacitly. Its aim is not to reject, but to bring about change,” a quote from John Berger. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the most significant events that happened in the Civil Right Movement. Some of those significant parts of those event is Rosa Parks, who was the person who started the Bus Boycott by not moving when a white person asked to, the protesting started to begin, and finally how the African Americans got the right to go anywhere on the bus. Not much people knew that Rosa Parks was the one that started the whole Boycott. Rosa Parks was a huge part on the Bus Boycott, because she started the Boycott. Rosa was born in February 4, 1913 in Alabama. On December 1, 1955 she was arrested for not moving to another seat when a white person asked them to. She was arrested for violating a city ordinance. However her rebellion sparked the entire Bus Boycott. People say that she should've just moved for that white boy. But, without her not moving she told that African Americans should stand up for what they believed. Rosa Parks made a huge impacts on the Montgomery Bus Boycott, that's when the protesting started. Part of the Bus Boycott was when people started to protest against not riding the bus. Before they started to protest, African Americans gathered to plan a meeting to protest. They decided that they weren't going to ride the bus until they had the right to ride without having to move. Some people didn’t know that Martin Luther King Jr was the leader of the Boycott. He was always right in front telling people that they have the same rights as any other person.”Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase,” as Martin Luther King Jr once said. As they kept on protest trying to tell people they should have the right to sit where they want on the bus, the wishes of theirs finally came true. When all of the African Americans were protesting and not riding the bus there wish finally came true. Almost all of the African-Americans were not riding buses, and instead they were ether walking, hitchhiking, or carpooling. This led to not many people riding the buses. Buses were losing lots of money and some were even shutting down. It took them 381 to protest when they finally heard the good new. They took the Boycott problem to the Supreme Court, and the judges made it illegal that people will be separated on the bus by their color. This was a miracle and the African Americans were one step closer to their freedom. All of these major events Rosa Parks refusing to move, the protest against the bus Boycott, that all led to letting African Americans sit wherever they wanted. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a significant event that happened in our country, even though it only took place in Montgomery Alabama. Lots of events shaped the Boycott in so many ways. Rosa Parks who sparks the Boycott, the protest of not riding the bus, and there walk to freedom when they finally won. The Bus Boycott was a very important in the Civil Right Movement.” I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character,” a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. |
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