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Who challenged the segregated seating law on city bus in Montgomery Alabama?
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What happened in Alabama in 1956?
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, and was arrested and fined. This led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1956) and eventually to the judicial invalidation of segregated seating laws for public transportation.
Sit-in?
A protest of sitting at lunch counters to end segregated seating
Why was Lt. Thomas Williams the witness Congressman Powell speaks about put in jail?
Because he refused to sit in segregated seating on a bus.
Did Martin Luther King join a boycott on the buses?
Yes, during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which started in December, 1955, he was arrested along with many others who nonviolently demonstrated there in opposition to segregated seating. This was one of the earliest mass protests in the US civil rights movement. King spent two weeks in jail but drew welcome public attention to the boycott.
What is the seating arrangements in a synagogue?
In orthodox Judaism, the men are separated from the women, some sects don't allow women in at all. In reform Judaism, the seating arrangement is generally the same as in the majority of western Churches; men and women sit together, they are not segregated. Pews or chairs
What is a segregated bus?
In some southern states of the USA, the seating on busses was separated into White and Black sections until the late 1950s. Black people were not allowed to sit in the White section.
What does the author say was the most degrading aspect of segregation in Montgomery?
The author highlights that the most degrading aspect of segregation in Montgomery was the practice of African Americans having to give up their seats on buses to white passengers. This enforced seating arrangement was a stark symbol of racial inequality and discrimination.
Is it seating or seating?
seated or sitted
What do you call the different kinds of seating?
Well technically there is only three kinds of seating, Open Admissions, Festival Seating, and Reserved Seating.
Is a floor seating different from a club seating?
Yes because club seating is more luxurious
WHAT WAS APARTHEID AND WHY DID MANDELA FIGHT AGAINST IT?
Basically, apartheid in South Africa was the segregation of the majority indigenous blacks, from the minority ruling whites. An example is that many places were signed as either, 'Blacks only' or 'Whites Only'. Even the seating on public buses were strictly segregated.
How did Rosa Parks take a stand?
On December 1st 1955, Rosa Parks , an African American woman, boarded a public service bus in Montgomery, Alabama. At this time buses in Alabama had seating sections for white passengers and sections for black passengers. The bus driver had control over the number of seats in these sections which he marked by use of a movable sign.On the day in question the white seating section was full and Rosa Parks was seated in one of the forward rows of the black section. At one stop a group of white passengers boarded and, as the white section was full, and as was practice at the time, the bus driver, one James Blake, stood up and asked 4 of the black passengers to give up their seats in order that the white people could sit. Although all 4 black passengers intially refused , Blake threatened to call the police and 3 of the 4 black passengers gave up their seats. Rosa Parks however, refused to move. She was subsequently quoted as saying "When that white driver stepped back toward us, when he waved his hand and ordered us up and out of our seats, I felt a determination cover my body like a quilt on a winter night." Parks was arrested and , after a brief trial was fined $10 plus $4 court costs. Her actions resulted in the Montgomery Bus Boycott (which you can read more about here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott)Ultimately the actions of Rosa Parks and the subsequent Montgomery Bus Boycott let to the practice of racial segregation in Alabama's public transport being challenged in the Federal District court and being proclaimed "unconstutional". The event was one of the most significant early victories for the American Civil Rights Movement and its leader, Martin Luther King Jr.
