drivers charged only 10 cents. Which the same price as bus for African-American riders. On June 5‚ 1956‚ a Montgomery federal court ruled that any law requiring racially segregated seating on buses violated the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But on December 20‚ 1956. Montgomery’s buses were integrated on December 21‚ 1956‚ and the boycott ended. The bus boycott lasted 381 days‚ Montgomery maintained segregated bus stops. I travel around the world giving speeches on nonviolent protests. But
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pools‚ movie theaters‚ or restaurants together and they could not use the same bathrooms and many other public places together too. African Americans and their allies decided to protest against unjust segregation laws by doing boycotts‚ sit-ins‚ and marches. One of the first ways people protested against segregation was boycotts.
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AS History – Unit 1 A World Divided: Communism and Democracy in the 20th Century Revision Guide Edition 5: January 2010 Contents Page: Content: | Page: | How to use this book | 3 | How to answer the questions | 4 | Writing Frames | 5 | How your essays will be marked | 11 | Previous Exam Questions and predicted questions | 12 | Unit 1: Signs of change by 1955 | 14 | Unit 2: Martin Luther King and Peaceful Protest | 23 | Unit 3: Black Power and the use of Violence
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The American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring suffrage in Southern states. This article covers the phase of the movement between 1954 and 1968‚ particularly in the South. By 1966‚ the emergence of the Black Power Movement‚ which lasted roughly from 1966 to 1975‚ enlarged the aims of the Civil Rights Movement to include racial dignity‚ economic and political self-sufficiency
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On the 25th of March 1965‚ Martin Luther King led thousands of non violent demonstrators‚ both black and white‚ to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery after a five day trek from Selma. The marchers‚ who were a coalition of the SNCC‚ SCLC and many others‚ were fighting for equal voting rights. As the marchers went towards Montgomery‚ they were stopped at the Pettus Bridge by a police blockade‚ led by a strong and violent racist sheriff called Jim Clark. Fifty of the marchers were hospitalised
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This dramatic event led to the series of marches and protest that change the entire history of the United States to a greater racial equality. For instance‚ the ideologies of the black lead to social activism‚ protest‚ and demonstration‚ another is questioning the legal rights and putting their
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Civil Disobedience is an important aspect of American Society. It provides for individuals and groups to state their opinions in a non-violent way‚ that should be respected by others to hear their point. Society gets impacted by the use of Civil Disobedience‚ but there is no easy way to determine if it is helpful or detrimental. Every individual receives the same rights in being able to obey or disobey whatever it is they please. As stressed in Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau‚ Civil
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ever in this country. This act only allowed mostly the whites to vote. It would not let the blacks vote. One event that outraged many Americans occurred on March 7‚ 1965‚ when peaceful participants in a voting rights march from Selma‚ Alabama‚ to the state capitol in Montgomery were met by Alabama state troopers who attacked them with nightsticks‚ tear gas and whips after they refused to turn back. Lastly‚ we have the Brown v. Board of Education.This was a case for the United States Supreme Court
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ALABAMA A State Report by DAVID A SALAZAR WHAT’S IN A NAME The state of Alabama was named after the Alibamu indian tribe. The meaning of the name is “I open (clear) the thicket.” Alabama has three nicknames‚ which are: The Heart of Dixie‚ The Cotton State and the Yellow Hammer State. Alabama is in the geographical center of the Deep South.‚ in the 1950s‚ the State came up with a slogan: “ The Heart of Dixie” to make Alabama stand out. The Cotton State” was given because Alabama is
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