The Start of Something New
As stated, "Pressures had been building in Montgomery for some time to deal with public transportation practices that treated blacks as second-class citizens. Those pressures were increased when a 15-year-old girl, Claudette Colvin, was arrested on March 2, 1955, for refusing to give up her seat to a white person.
Colvin did not violate the city bus policy by not relinquishing her seat. She was not sitting in the front seats reserved for whites, and there was no other place for her to sit. Even under the double standards of the bus seating policy at the time, blacks sitting behind the white reserved section in a bus were only required to give up their seats to whites if there was another seat available for them. But despite the apparent legality of her refusal to give up her seat, Colvin was still convicted."
This statement explains how Claudette Colvin was arrested for not listening, she wasn't arrested for siting in the wrong section. This triggered the people because she showed that it's okay to speak up and act upon what you believe in. This allowed colored people to respond to the injustice of segration by starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Colored people began to refuse to get on the bus to show that their rights matter no matter the race.
Colvin did not violate the city bus policy by not relinquishing her seat. She was not sitting in the front seats reserved for whites, and there was no other place for her to sit. Even under the double standards of the bus seating policy at the time, blacks sitting behind the white reserved section in a bus were only required to give up their seats to whites if there was another seat available for them. But despite the apparent legality of her refusal to give up her seat, Colvin was still convicted."
This statement explains how Claudette Colvin was arrested for not listening, she wasn't arrested for siting in the wrong section. This triggered the people because she showed that it's okay to speak up and act upon what you believe in. This allowed colored people to respond to the injustice of segration by starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Colored people began to refuse to get on the bus to show that their rights matter no matter the race.