Segregation, Fighting Against

In the Beginning of 1909 a small group of leaders founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Their goal was to eliminate racial discrimination and segregation from American life.  Their only two victories before the Supreme Court in 1950 led to a direct assault on Plessey and the “separate-but-equal’ doctrine. A boycott of the municipal bus company began on December 5 under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and black people of Montgomery and other races. This began after Rosa Parks got arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man, so King made the boycott to end racial segregation.  Dr. King was selected as the spokesperson for the Bus Boycott and he taught all the people who participated in the Boycott about nonviolence. When people found out about the Boycott in Montgomery they started helping by forming sit-ins, swim-ins, and things like that to end racial segregation. Thousands of people joined the group to protest for equal rights. Black people organized their own vehicles to transport people to work. With all this happening it was called the Civil Rights Movement because it was trying to break the pattern of racial segregation  and it lasted in the 1950’s and 60’s. The movement caused the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to happen. This act was a strong provision against discrimination and segregation in voting, education, and the use of public facilities. There were a lot of people who was affected and made a difference in life.