The Montgomery Bus Boycott Essays -- Rosa Parks, civil rights

In the late eighteen hundreds, the Reconstruction by Congress was overturned by the imperious Court. Segregation or separation by skin color was made a law which was adopted by private organizations, institutions and businesses (loc.gov). Physical violence and kind harassment was imposed upon those whom were deemed inferior in color. Some citizens accepted the law, as is, without question while others believed it was their supreme right to remain separate without modification. Human activists, that contradictory this way of living, pursued an extensive battle to abolish racial inequity and segregation from American life (loc.gov). During the nineteen hundreds, many understood this treatment as an offense to human beings and activists began receiving assistance toward this common goal. Support and hindrance, for equality, were both on the rise throughout the capital of Alabama Bus Boycott. There were also citizens and organizations or groups who incomplete supported nor opposed se gregation. They just wanted some sort of compromise or settlement to put a stop to all the chaos calamity in their city. Two groups in particular that attempted to acquire an agreement between Montgomery city officials, the transportation company and protest leaders were the work force of Montgomery and the Alabama Council on Human Relations. The Men of Montgomery, a businessmens group, recruited by protest leaders to resolve the issues was unsuccessful in obtaining a consensus to meet the demands of the bus boycott. These men were able to construct a meeting with the opposing sides however, they did not take a stand for complete humanity. Choosing sides would possibly dispatch repercussions from either side. City officials were only willing to produce a partial agreement that... ...unity joined together which was not normal among them. Civility was the conquest among boycotters. Montgomery wasnt ready for the change. They were forced, by the Supreme Court, to accept the terms of the protesters. The long process and struggle finally paid off, integration legally was adopted.WORKS CITEDGarrow, David J. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the gray Christian Leadership Conference. Bearing the Cross. William Morrow. New York Quill. 1-82.Interview, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Mrs. Janice Chapital, 09 Apr 2014.Library of Congress Exhibitions. 06 Oct 09. A Century of Racial Segregation, 1849-1850. 22 Feb 2014. Olson, Lynne. The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights safari from 1830 To 1970. Freedoms Daughters. Murrow. New York. Scribner. 13-17, 87-191.