Why Is The Bus Boycott Important

Bus Boycott
This year the event I have studied was the Bus Boycott in American, Montgomery, in 1955. The causes of the bus boycott are the racial discrimination that the African American community had been shown and also Rosa Parks protest and arrest. The consequences of the Bus Boycott is the involvement and the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision of desegregating all of America , and also another consequence that is important to the event is the grand boost in the Civil Rights movement campaign. I will justify why the Bus Boycott an important event to the Civil Rights Movement by the showing evidence of the racial discrimination, Rosa Parks arrest, involvement and the impact of the Supreme court, and also the boost in the civil
If the bus was full the Negros would have to give up there seat and let the white persons sit there while the Negros would have to stand in the bus. This was a rule of segregation. Although on the 1st of December 1955, Rosa Parks a former worker for the NAACP had refused to give up her seat to a white man even though the bus driver had told her to. Unfortunately for brave efforts Rosa Parks was later arrested for breaking one of the Jim Crowe laws of segregation. On the 5th of December 1955 Rosa Parks went to court and was fined fourteen dollars. For Rosa Parks arrest news spread around America and caused discussion and controversy. Rosa Parks quite protest sparked the Negro community to feel personally effected and made people from the wider community to question the Jim Crowe laws. On the Date of Rosa Parks Court date the African American community staged the big event of the Civil Rights Movement the ‘Bus Boycott’. The Rosa Parks protest and resistance to refusing to give her seat in a non-violet protest gave an important example of how peaceful protest can be very effective, and also made a pathway to the event of the Bus
One of the leading causes to the Bus Boycott was the arrest and protest of Rosa Parks due to the fact that it had outranged the whole black community and they could relate personally to her, and also felt tired of the way people were discriminating them for the colour of their skin. She also gave an example of peaceful protest that being non-violent is effective. The involvement of the Supreme Court and the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision was an important consequence. Also the consequence that was important was the huge boost in the Civil Rights Movement. The involvement and the impact on the Supreme Court’s decision was the most important consequence due to the fact that the Supreme Court’s decision mapped out what was going to happen to the rights of all the American citizens and how the future of the next generation of American citizens are going to live in. This was an important outcome in the event of the Bus