1. Part 2: Integrating Transportation & Public Facilities

2. December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama
Let me tell you a story…
December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama

3. Montgomery, Alabama 382 Days! 12-21-1956
S.C orders integration of buses.
13 months boycott ends
Rosa Parks
Arrested
Boycott Begins
382
Days!
MIA is formed
Montgomery Improvement Assassination
MLK Jr = Leader
Jan. 30, 1956
King’s House is fire bombed
With him, wife, and baby in it

4. The Af Am community
organized car pools
to help people
get around.

5. Let me tell you another story…
FEB 1960 – Woolworth’s
North Carolina

6. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Organized by SNCC
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

7. Woolworth’s
(department store)
1st Sit-In =

8. Let me tell you yet another story…
May 1961
Bus leaves D.C.
May 4, 1961
May 14, 1961
Riders  Birmingham
New Riders Show Up
May 9, 1961
Riders Attacked SC
May 24, 1961
Riders  Jackson
Mass
bus terminal
May 20, 1961
Riders  Montgomery
Fed. Marshall
Sent to Escort Riders
May 14, 1961
Riders Attacked
Anniston AL

11. Boycotts, Sit-Ins & Freedom Rider What was it all for?...
OUTCOME:
Media attention for the cause.
Forced the President to act
(ex: JFK sent 400 U.S. Marshals sent to protect Riders.)
FEDERAL GOV. LAW= NO SEGREGATION OF ANY TRAVEL FACILITIES.