Bus Segregation History Notes 14 2 Bus Segregation
Bus Segregation History Notes 14 -2
Bus Segregation
Bus Segregation • Morgan v. Virginia (1946): • Irene Morgan refused to give up her seat and was arrested for violating local segregation law • Supreme Court ruled interstate bus segregation laws unconstitutional
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Bayard Rustin • Supreme Court says no segregation on busses • Activists test if new law is enforced in South • Rustin arrested for not obeying the bus driver and goes to jail for 30 days
Rustin & Martin Luther King Jr.
Bus Segregation • Claudette Colvin (1955): • Colvin (15) refused to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama bus • Again Supreme Court ruled segregated bus laws unconstitutional • Video
Bus Segregation • Rosa Parks (1955): • NAACP member who becomes face of a bus boycott in Alabama
Bus Segregation • Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955 -56): • Started with Rosa Parks and led by Martin Luther King and the NAACP • Use of non-violent protest tactics to end segregated local buses • Video
Bus Segregation • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC): • Led by Martin Luther King (1957) • Used non-violence to desegregate South
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott ‘‘In the long run, it is more honorable to walk in dignity than ride in humiliation. We decided to substitute tired feet for tired souls, and walk the streets of Montgomery’’ – MLK
Bus Segregation • Congress on Racial Equality (CORE): • Non-violent black civil rights group • Focused on voting rights and ending all segregation
Bus Segregation • Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): • Young black students using nonviolent tactics for equal rights • Led by Stokely Carmichael
Freedom Rides
Bus Segregation • Freedom Rides (1961): • Blacks and whites traveling together on integrated buses in the South • Local police and Federal Gov’t did nothing to stop attacks on buses • Video
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