Emmett Till, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, And March On Washington

During 1950 to 1965 African Americans made America change their ways. African Americans were tired of not having the same rights as everyone else, and they were ready for a change. Some of the major developments in civil rights at this time were the death of Emmett Till, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, and March on Washington. These were all very important moments that got the nation’s attention and shown this is a problem. Emmett Till’s death was a major development in the civil rights because it was the first time that a death of an African American shocked the nation. Emmett was only 14 years old at the time, and went to Mississippi to visit his family down south. Emmett was from Chicago, and his mother warned Emmett that the south is not

She took a seat towards the back of the bus like was expected of her, later on in her ride the bus became full of white people who had nowhere to sit. The driver ordered her to get up and give her seat to a white passenger. Rosa refused, and she was arrested. Over the weekend she was arrested, Montgomery’s black leaders organized a boycott. They told everyone not to ride the bus on Monday. Their notice ran, “If you work, take a cab, or share a ride, or walk.” This was risky on the black’s part because if they ever became late they could lose their jobs, and they couldn’t afford to miss a day of wages. Besides all of that the boycott was very successful. Once everyone was boycotting the bus black-owned taxis reduced the cost so more people would use the taxis and be more affordable. The city declared that illegal, so then car pools were quickly made. Not many African Americans owned vehicles, but everyone that did volunteered their car. There were never more than 350 cars available and more than 10,000 people who needed rides back and forth to their job every day, yet the boycott still went on. In late February the Montgomery authorities obtained indictments of 150 leaders of the boycott. This move backfired on them because it gained national attention on the situation. Once this happened money poured in from all over the country to support the boycott, and it lasted for over a year. Finally after the boycott ended the Supreme Court declared a local law enforcing racial separation unconstitutional. The boycott was long and done with patience, but the Montgomery Buses were no longer