HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Vlachs, 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers Season, Strom Thurmond
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Large and organized movement to fight for civil rights. Did something that offended a white woman who told her husband who tortured and. The jury acquits them for no reason and in an interview they admit it. Is the spark to light the black gasoline for freedom. Refused to give up her seat to a white man. Not the first time a black person had done this and not rosa parks first time, but her first arrest. The wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s politi(cid:272)al cou(cid:374)(cid:272)il (cid:449)as the (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s g(cid:396)oup that helped to o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)ize the (cid:271)o(cid:455)(cid:272)ott. They met at the holt street church to vote on continuing the boycott. There was a unanimous vote to continue the boycott. Mlk jr. was the keynote speaker at the meeting. People who had cars would help drive blacks from place to place instead of them using buses. The leade(cid:396)s of the (cid:271)o(cid:455)(cid:272)ott o(cid:374)l(cid:455) asked i(cid:374)itiall(cid:455) fo(cid:396) (cid:862)(cid:373)o(cid:396)e hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) seg(cid:396)egatio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:271)ut (cid:449)e(cid:396)e de(cid:374)ied so they simply asked for more.
