Matt's Summary of Freedom Walkers
Think about how you would feel being treated differently, just because of your skin color. You would feel unequal. This is exactly what happened in the book Freedom Walkers, written by Russell Freedman. It is a true historical novel about Montgomery, Alabama in the mid 1900’s. This story tells how skin color was a deciding factor on many things. One such thing was the bus segregation law. The bus segregation law had African Americans sit in the back and whites sit in the front. Many times the African Americans would not move to make room for whites, and the usual outcome was being arrested for talking back to the authorities. One person arrested was Rosa Parks.
Rosa Parks worked as a seamstress in downtown Montgomery (in chapter 3). Parks had gained a diploma (very rare for an African American man or woman at the time), and had a good knowledge of the Constitution and laws.
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person (she knew she was in her rights to be in the seat, but that rarely ever mattered). She was put on trial and was fined the equivalent of 140 bus fares (violating the eighth amendment), for something that was her right to do, the right for freedom of speech. Her arrest was just what was needed to start the bus boycott, and to stop bus segregation forever.
This book is the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, and includes many instances of rights being broken due to bus segregation. In this book you will soon find out about all the people with special responsibilities. One such responsibility was carpooling for others without a car. Many of these people were pulled over and arrested for doing the right thing. In this book, you will find out the truth about bus segregation.
Rosa Parks worked as a seamstress in downtown Montgomery (in chapter 3). Parks had gained a diploma (very rare for an African American man or woman at the time), and had a good knowledge of the Constitution and laws.
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person (she knew she was in her rights to be in the seat, but that rarely ever mattered). She was put on trial and was fined the equivalent of 140 bus fares (violating the eighth amendment), for something that was her right to do, the right for freedom of speech. Her arrest was just what was needed to start the bus boycott, and to stop bus segregation forever.
This book is the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, and includes many instances of rights being broken due to bus segregation. In this book you will soon find out about all the people with special responsibilities. One such responsibility was carpooling for others without a car. Many of these people were pulled over and arrested for doing the right thing. In this book, you will find out the truth about bus segregation.