started with the Montgomery Bus Boycott on December 1, 1955, with Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat for a white man. This is a southern custom that blacks give their seats to white passengers towards the front of the bus and blacks either stand or move to the back. Rosa Parks was thrown in jail, so this required African Americans to take charge and begin The Montgomery Bus Boycott. This boycott lasted for over a year with blacks refusing to ride the city buses, which showed unity and determination among the black community. While the bus boycott was developing, Martin Luther King Jr. emerged as a leader with many unique skills. Rosa and Martin were both members of the NAACP, but their actions led to the development of a new organization, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), which designated Dr. King as president. …show more content…
They started this to take a stand against segregation in restaurants and fast food chains. This led to the developing of a new group the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in April of 1960. This group was more aggressive then any of the other groups and provoke others to feel the need to do the same, while still being non-violent. These students were beaten, spit on, thrown, and put inside jail for wanting to be served at a diner. They knew it was going to be hard and that they probably would not be served, but what counts is the stand they took against the people to evoke change. Just as Rosa Parks they would not move unless they were physically moved and taken to jail, and this they accepted because they went down standing up for what was right. All African Americans wanted at this time was change, freedom, justice, and most importantly they wanted equality among