Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

History Essay Segregation is the separation of African Americans and whites in all types of settings. This essay will describe some of the people who put their jobs, homes and lives in danger by challenging segregation. Many have succeeded to win justice by standing up to segregation but many have had set backs due to segregations cruel prejudice and injustice. A tired Rosa Parks boarded a bus one evening in Montgomery, Alabama. She had worked …

…in movement created new young leaders and lunch counter segregation was almost gone. Civil rights were introduced and they were the rights given to U.S. citizens and protected by the Constitution. African Americans were no longer prevented from voting and separate settings were abolished. The heroes of the civil rights movement challenged segregation and won. There were losses along the way but now everyone can live together in harmony without the prejudice of segregation.