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Before the bus boycott, Jim Crow laws mandated the racial segregation of the Montgomery Bus Line. As a result of this segregation, African Americans were not hired as drivers, were forced to ride in the back of the bus, and were frequently ordered to surrender their seats to white people even though black passengers made up 75% of the bus system's riders. [2]
Bus driver defied by Rosa Parks after he ordered her to give up her seat – eventually leading to the Montgomery bus boycott James Frederick Blake (April 14, 1912 – March 21, 2002) was an American bus driver in Montgomery, Alabama , whom Rosa Parks defied in 1955, prompting the Montgomery bus boycott .
The killing of Greg Gunn occurred on the morning of February 25, 2016, in Montgomery, Alabama.Gunn, a 58-year-old African-American man, [1] was shot and killed near his home after fleeing from a stop-and-frisk initiated by Aaron Cody Smith, a white police officer.
A shooting at a crowded party in Alabama's capital left 13 people injured — nine of whom were shot, officials said Sunday. Mayor Steven L. Reed said in a statement that police and medics ...
Mary Louise Ware (née Smith; born 1937) is an African-American civil rights activist.She was arrested in October 1955 at the age of 18 in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat on the segregated bus system.
One person has been killed and over a dozen others are injured following a shooting at Tuskegee University. The incident took place during the early morning hours of Sunday, Nov. 10, the Alabama ...
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Philstavious “Phil” Dowdell, a Dadeville High School senior who had committed to Jacksonville State University, was celebrating at his sister The post Promising senior, 3 others slain in ...