Bus Segregation GOVT Notes 6-6
Bus Segregation
Bus Segregation Morgan v. Virginia (1946): Irene Morgan refused to give up her seat Supreme Court ruled interstate bus segregation laws unconstitutional
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Bus Segregation Claudette Colvin (1955): Colvin 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 by 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)
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 Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): Young black students using non-violent tactics for equal rights Led by Stokely Carmichael (1960)
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