Alabama ( 1956 ) I'm doing my report on events that accured in Alabama in 1956 directly referring to civil rights and the struggles that Black-Americans faced in 1956. The two events that I'm going to concentrate on are the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the integration of students at the University of Alabama. On the 1st of December 1955, Mrs. Rosa Parks, a African-American seamstress, was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for not standing and letting a white bus rider take her …showed first 75 words of 1265 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1265 total…in Alabama. Many important yet pain full steps were taken by the Black-Americans of Alabama to improve life for everybody. Their unselfish acts didn't go unrewarded. Today Black-Americans have all the same opportunities as anybody else. Reports like this are important to remind us what can happen when we close are minds. As long as we don't forget the past it wont repeat it self and experiences like Authrine Lucy weren't in vain.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**