MOTHER POLLARD

At that time the law prohibited Negroes from sitting anywhere in a public bus except the rear. Blacks, if there were not enough rear seats had to stand in the back even if there were many vacant seats in the “white section” of the bus. This was typical of the racial discrimination that existed at that time. That is what all the civil rights demonstrations and boycotts of that era was all about—eliminating government discrimination against Blacks. The Federal Courts including the Supreme Court ruled that the bus segregation was unconstitutional, and the awful practice ended in Montgomery.

At that time the law prohibited Negroes from sitting anywhere in a public bus except the rear. Blacks, if there were not enough rear seats had to stand in the back even if there were many vacant seats in the “white section” of the bus. This was typical of the racial discrimination that existed at that time. That is what all the civil rights demonstrations and boycotts of that era was all about—eliminating government discrimination against Blacks. The Federal Courts including the Supreme Court ruled that the bus segregation was unconstitutional, and the awful practice ended in Montgomery.