How Did Frank Bates Influence The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement was a big part of U.S. history in the Early and mid 1900’s. Many famous leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks were heard throughout the country changing people’s opinions on blacks. Though, they weren’t the only ones who protested, Frank Bates was one of the many young protesters. He had to deal with the police, whites, and other people who bullied blacks. Frank Bates had gone through many struggles to achieve his goal.

Frank Bates grew up on a farm in Crawfordville, Georgia. When he was young, he went to an all-black school, which was a one room schoolhouse. The school was in Level Hill, Georgia. The all-white schools were like how the schools are today. For high school, he couldn’t go to

He mostly protested about school integration and equality. One of his more popular protests was in front of a school bus. He laid down in front of a school bus on the street telling the driver to run him over. The bus driver wasn’t allowing black kids on the bus. So he stopped the bus from transporting whites. Another way was when he went through the white entrance of Bonner’s Cafe. Bonner’s Cafe had a black entrance around the back, and a white entrance out the front. Frank Bates got arrested for going through the white

No, he had some adults help spread the message of him and his friends all in different ways. When Frank was young, the Board of Education in his school town fired five black teachers for telling the kids about voting and rights. This was what started the fire in Frank’s head. He started protesting on the actions. Seeing the students protest shows the Board something they should regret. A man named Calvin Turner also helped organize the protests that Frank led. Calvin Turner was a science teacher, who had also gone to see Martin Luther King Jr. speak a couple of times. A black police chief was hired to show Crawfordville wasn’t racist. Jesse Meadows arrested Frank Bates for disobeying a police officer. The day after, Frank’s friends protested for a bail on Frank. It helped show that even though, their leader is gone, we won’t