The back section of the bus was for African American passengers. They couldn't enter the bus from the front doors and there was a sign showing which seats were for the African American passengers. In 1961 I went to the southern states with my parents on a trip and all sorts of things were labeled for black or whites. It ranged from the smallest things like drinking fountains to seats on a bus or in restaurants.
they boycotted the buses they refused to ride segregated buses
they refused to ride segregated buses (Apex2021)
African American integrate its buses.
The freedom riders rode buses south to segregated public transportation and education. Today schools and transportation are no longer segregated.
They hoped to use economic pressure to end segregation on the buses.
they boycotted the buses they refused to ride segregated buses
they refused to ride segregated buses (Apex2021)
Montgomery, Alabama
A cause of the montgomery bus boycott was Rosa Parks refusing to move on the segregated buses and an effect was that buses became unsegregated
The Montgomery Bus Boycott and Freedom Rides were both in related because both events were used as protest against the racial segregation on public buses. Those in the Montgomery Bus Boycott protested by refusing to ride the buses, while the Freedom Rides were people who rode interstate buses into the segregated south.
Who was the person who refused to give up a seat on the bus and led to a 382-day boycott by black people in Montgomery,Alabama
At 1955, the buses of Montgomery, Alabama, were segregated, which meant that whites sat in the front part of the bus and African Americans sat in the back.
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The main type of pressure exerted by the Montgomery Improvement Association was through a bus boycott. This involved African Americans refusing to use the segregated buses, which put economic pressure on the bus company to change its policies.
African American integrate its buses.
They walked instead of riding the bus.