No bus for 381 days !
One day in December of 1995, over 52,000 flyers were published in secret-> secretly and spreaded to all black citizens in Montgomery, Alabama, United States of America. On the flyers, it says-> it said "Another black woman has been arrested and thrown into jail. Therefore, we are asking everyone to stay off the buses on Monday, in protest of the arrest and trial. Before I go further into the story of the black people in Montgomery, let me ask you a question.
Have you ever been the-> a victim of racism?
If you did, how did it feel like being discriminated just because of your skin color? I once heard a racist slang from foreigners when I went to school in Canada. I was so-> apparently sad and frustrated. Those of you who haven't faced the racism yet will never know how much it hurts until you actually faced it.-> Without actual experience, it's hard to undestand how difficult it is to be racially discriminated. And I always wonder, "How hard the life of the black people or the Jewish in the past was when even a slight racist joke hurts a lot? How did they go through the severe racism for a such a long time?". -> I always had great respect and sympathy for them. I thought "These African-Americans or the Jewish people really deserve some great respect because I know, from my personal experience which was only a small part of what they went through, it required so much patience and endurance."
Today, I'd like to talk about this great people who won a brilliant victory over the severe racism and changed the entire American society.
In 1995, the black people were not allowed to eat, study or talk with the white people in most Southern States of America. This racial segregation of the blacks was especially harsh in Montgomery, Alabama. The blacks lived a tough life. There were less opportunities for them. Blackmails, murders and terrorism towards the blacks were very frequent. However, they never gave up.
On December 5, 1995, the black people in Montgomery began to take action. They were tired of en Over enduring years of insult and humiliation. 0 millions of people refused to take the buses. Instead, they walked. It was to stop the segregation on the public buses and eventually, it was abolished after a long and tough struggle of the black people. 381 days of walking brought a big change not only in Alabama but also in USA. The movement has been regarded as the starting point of modern civil rights movement and was a turning point of the American society. The blacks fought against the racism with a quiet but strong sense of pride despite all the hardships and fears. Their great courage and determination were the driving force of the bus boycott movement. We can say that the election of Barack Obama as the first African American President of USA is the outcome of all the victories that the black people achieved over the past few years other than the bus boycott movement. The black people's story tells us that a victory is not something that can be easily obtained or given. A victory is something that we have to sacrifice in order to get it. This is a message the bus boycott movement delivers to us and our next generation.