Question

A. Explain an example of judicial action, which helped lead to the event depicted in the photograph

Answer 1

a)  On 1st December 1955 Rosa Parks, an African American woman was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus. This triggered a citywide boycott of the bus system. Segregation laws required blacks to sit at the back of the bus and parks. This encouraged Montgomery Improvement Association to boycott on the bus system. After 381 days, the supreme court declared the segregated seating laws unconstitutional.
In 1962 the U.S supreme court decided in the Bailey v. Patterson that racial segregation in transport facilities was unconstitutional.

b) On 28th August 1963, civil rights leaders, Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Rustin and Philip Randolf organised the march on Washington. Over 200,000 whites and blacks congregated or a peaceful march in Washington D.C. During this day Martin Lurther King Jr gave his famous speech "I have a dream" that became a slogan for freedom and equality.

c) Massive Resistance is an example of a resistance by whites against the civil rights movements of people who were truly opposed to; the increasing minority rights by believing that Blacks could not handle a lot of freedom, therefore more freedom would destroy the ''white race'' while some were afraid of change.