Segregation

Sit-in- A sit-in, in reference to The American Civil Rights Movement, is an event in which African-Americans would go to whites only restaurants and would not leave until they were served. This was a way African-Americans would show their discontent with segregation in society. By doing this, they were saying they wanted to be able to eat in the same restaurants as Caucasians. Sit-ins were not just about eating in the same restaurants, African-Americans wanted to be permitted to use all the same businesses as Caucasians. Often times, African-Americans who were conducting a sit-in were harassed. Sit-ins were another way African-Americans would express discontent with segregation. Sit-ins were a way African-Americans would make the point they wanted immigration, just like “the Nine” did by going to Central High School. Melba and the rest of “the Nine” were, in a way, performing a sit-in by going to Central. They went to Central and did not want to leave until they were taught and had graduated (most of “the Nine” did have to leave for their own safety, even though they did not necessarily want to). This can be compared to African-Americans entering a restaurant and not leaving until they received service. In both cases, integrationists went into a public facility and didn’t leave until serviced (food or education) or forced to leave.

Civil Disobedience- Civil Disobedience is the refusal to follow a law(s) or a system that is required to be followed or is followed by the general population. In reference to The American Civil Rights Movement, civil disobedience is when African-Americans would protest to laws and treatments that were unfair to them, such as, African-Americans being segregated and treated as second-class citizens. In W...

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...rican communities in Alabama. So, in response, the Montgomery Improvement Agency (MIA) was formed by civil rights supporters. This organization was formed to support civil rights, and as their first order of business, they organized as boycott with the help of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. Martin Luther King, Junior, was named the president of the MIA immediately after its formation. This boycott called for all African-Americans in the Montgomery community to stop riding the public buses in order to protest.

This boycott began as a way to protest anger towards the arrest of Rosa Parks, but it had a much greater impact. Due to much of their clientele being lost as a result of this boycott, the bus company had to raise prices in order to maintain their company and profit. Since African-Americans were not riding buses, many used taxis. As a result, many taxi drivers