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Civil Rights Movement - End Racial Segregation

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  • Claudette Colvin Arrested Refusing to Move on Bus

    Claudette Colvin Arrested Refusing to Move on Bus
    Claudette Colvin, a 15 year old African American girl was riding home from H.S. when the bus driver demanded she give up her seat to a white woman. After Claudette refused to give up her seat, police offices arrived on the scene and dragged her off in handcuffs.

  • Aurelia Browder Arrested for Sitting in White Bus Section

    Aurelia Browder Arrested for Sitting in White Bus Section
    April 19, 1955, Aurelia Browder was arrested for sitting in the white section of a public city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was convicted and fined for her alleged crime.

  • Mary Louise Smith Arrested for Failure to Obey Segregation Orders

    Mary Louise Smith Arrested for Failure to Obey Segregation Orders
    On October 21, 1955, a 18 year old Mary Louise Smith refused to give up her seat to a white woman on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She replied, "I am not going to move out of my seat. I am not going to move anywhere. I got privilege to sit here like anybody else." She was arrested and held in jail for over 2 hours with a fine.
    Reflecting on the Women of Browder v. GayleNew-York Historical Society·https-::www.nyhistory.org › blogs › reflecting-on-the-w....webloc

  • Rosa Park Arrested for Refusal to Move on a Bus

    Rosa Park Arrested for Refusal to Move on a Bus
    Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist. On Dec 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus which ended up in her arrest.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    After Rosa Parks arrest, The Montgomery Bus Boycott was put in place. For 381 days, people stopped using the buses in Montgomery, Alabama. They found other ways of transportation like walking, biking or carpooling.

  • Browder V Gayle Ends Bus Segregation

    Browder V Gayle Ends Bus Segregation
    On June 13, 1956, the Supreme Court decision of Browder v. Gayle ends bus segregation of black and white passengers on motor buses operating in the City of Montgomery. It declared bus segregation violates the Constitution and laws of the US. In the Browder v Gayle, there were 4 African American female plaintiffs, Aurelia Browder, Claudette Colvin, Susie McDonald and Mary Louise Smith (the 5th plaintiff-Jeanetta Reese withdrew because of intimidation from the white community.)