https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1 Miriam Moss & Jermiah Ware en-us 2017-03-13 17:42:57 UTC 2026-02-10 21:55:05 UTC hello@padlet.com mmoss9782 https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/159772018 The Montgomery Bus Boycott was when African Americans refused to ride the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. They did this to protest racial segregation on public transportation.]]> 2017-03-13 17:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/159772018 mmoss9782 https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160051900 The key strategy that Rosa Parks used was a nonviolent protest, later causing 90% of Montgomery's black population to protest as well by staying off of the buses.]]> 2017-03-14 17:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160051900 jware3779 https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160052681 Rosa Parks was the pioneer for the boycott. She was a member of "a community of women activists & local colleges who were organizing to taking on her segregated buses."

She sparked what is known as the American Civil Rights Movement.]]> 2017-03-14 17:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160052681 mmoss9782 https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160055283 Shortly after the boycott in December, 1955, black leaders began to discuss filing a federal lawsuit against Montgomery's buses. On February 1, 1956, the case Browder v. Gayle was filed and brought to the U.S. Supreme Court. On June 13 of the same year, the court ruled that the segregation violated the 14th Amendment, and later that year the buses were desegregated. ]]> 2017-03-14 17:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160055283 mmoss9782 https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160059110 The court case forced Alabama to allow whites and blacks to sit next to one another on their buses, thus allowing equality and freedom to Americans that were nonwhite. ]]> 2017-03-14 17:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160059110 jware3779 https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160059969 In this cartoon, it shows Rosa Parks sitting alone on the bus, quietly fighting for equality. On the other side, only 53 years later, it shows Barack Obama sitting in a limousine. It shows that because of Rosa Parks, the U.S. was able to allow the first black president. Also, that a lot can change in a short time if one decides to do something about it.]]> 2017-03-14 17:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160059969 jware3779 https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160061395 2017-03-14 17:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160061395 mmoss9782 https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160319772 Because of Rosa's "stand," people like Martin Luther King Jr. decided to stand up for their rights by giving speeches and leading protests.]]> 2017-03-15 17:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160319772 jware3779 https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160322116 2017-03-15 17:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160322116 mmoss9782 https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160322770 The 14th Amendment states that all citizens are guaranteed equal protection regardless of race. When in court, the judge decided that this amendment was being violated]]> 2017-03-15 17:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160322770 jware3779 https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160322979 Montgomery Improvement Association was formed in the days following the December 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks, to oversee the Montgomery bus boycott. The organization would play a leading role in fighting segregation in the city]]> 2017-03-15 17:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160322979 mmoss9782 https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160332413 2017-03-15 17:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mmoss9782/yo8o8h4ibrk1/wish/160332413