An extensive part of civil rights history was segregation. This focused on various aspects of people’s lives. For example, bus segregation was one of the most instrumental parts of civil rights history. Separated from whites, blacks were forced to live by different and less than equal laws. As a result of bus segregation, many laws were formed to help abolish it. The Browder vs. Gayle court case was one of these laws, it was one of the most significant in desegregating buses in Montgomery, Alabama, and bringing alertness to other places as well (tolerance).
The Browder vs. Gayle case was started by four Montgomery women, Aurelia Browder, Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin, Susie McDonald, and their lawyer Fred Gray. The four Montgomery women …show more content…
After the court appealed The Browder vs. Gayle case, Fred Gray was given a written notice to give to William Gayle, the mayor of Montgomery, stating the buses were ordered to be desegregated. This change guided everybody to get back to their daily life. The people who had been participating in the bus boycott, and the people who had been standing up against the segregation of buses, could now ride them (rosaparksfacts).
Along with people being able to ride on the buses once again, the four Montgomery women also obtained something from it.. As previously noted, many of these women had been involved in their own cases, and had had experiences of their own. Often they were ignored, and their cases weren’t ever taken seriously. However, their involvement in The Browder vs. Gayle case helped them a lot. It especially helped two of the Montgomery women’s cases to be reconsidered, Claudette Colvin, and Rosa Parks …show more content…
Claudette, only fifteen years old at the time, refused to give up her seat on a bus. Even though she ended up getting arrested, she never gave up. The case was reconsidered by black legal leaders and all of her work paid off (biography). Rosa Parks, also a woman who stood up against segregation, was on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, when she decided to refuse the unequal treatment, and didn’t get up from her seat. For doing this, Rosa was brought to jail, but it didn’t matter to her because this was how it all began. The case became famous because she was the first one to stand up and get recognized. Rosa Parks also had her case reconsidered because of the success of all the things she was involved in, including Browder vs. Gayle
The Browder vs. Gayle case was started by four Montgomery women, Aurelia Browder, Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin, Susie McDonald, and their lawyer Fred Gray. The four Montgomery women …show more content…
After the court appealed The Browder vs. Gayle case, Fred Gray was given a written notice to give to William Gayle, the mayor of Montgomery, stating the buses were ordered to be desegregated. This change guided everybody to get back to their daily life. The people who had been participating in the bus boycott, and the people who had been standing up against the segregation of buses, could now ride them (rosaparksfacts).
Along with people being able to ride on the buses once again, the four Montgomery women also obtained something from it.. As previously noted, many of these women had been involved in their own cases, and had had experiences of their own. Often they were ignored, and their cases weren’t ever taken seriously. However, their involvement in The Browder vs. Gayle case helped them a lot. It especially helped two of the Montgomery women’s cases to be reconsidered, Claudette Colvin, and Rosa Parks …show more content…
Claudette, only fifteen years old at the time, refused to give up her seat on a bus. Even though she ended up getting arrested, she never gave up. The case was reconsidered by black legal leaders and all of her work paid off (biography). Rosa Parks, also a woman who stood up against segregation, was on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, when she decided to refuse the unequal treatment, and didn’t get up from her seat. For doing this, Rosa was brought to jail, but it didn’t matter to her because this was how it all began. The case became famous because she was the first one to stand up and get recognized. Rosa Parks also had her case reconsidered because of the success of all the things she was involved in, including Browder vs. Gayle