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I found it really interesting to read about Rosa Parks and the bus boycott. It was interesting how those who were boycotting would not admit they were doing it. Were they expecting a backlash for boycotting? The way I have always thought of the civil rights movement was that they were proud of their convictions and strongly supported the movement. By boycotting they were supporting the movement but why deny it when asked? That seems strange to me.~~Mary Beth Conrad | I found it really interesting to read about Rosa Parks and the bus boycott. It was interesting how those who were boycotting would not admit they were doing it. Were they expecting a backlash for boycotting? The way I have always thought of the civil rights movement was that they were proud of their convictions and strongly supported the movement. By boycotting they were supporting the movement but why deny it when asked? That seems strange to me.~~Mary Beth Conrad | ||
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| + | I had the same reaction as Meredith. It's interesting to look at early white feminists and activists and compare them to female black activists. While educated, middle class women often characterized the former, it was more difficult for any black woman to openly take up protest against the things that oppressed them. Rosa Parks was basically middle class for black women back then as were many of these women who supported the boycott. But unlike middle class white women during this time and earlier, these women often had to work. Between household duties, motherly duties, and work duties it is hard to imagine these women even had time to be activists in civil rights groups. But, as for all this "I thought black people were proud of their convictions" so "why did they deny it?"-I must respond that in the early 1950s the movement was still young. the south was still full of danger for non-white people who caused a lot of uproar against the way things were. And a black woman (with all her responsibilities and dependents) could not afford to get arrested or lose her job. I think attitudes started dramatically changing more into the late 60s amongst average people, because they had the Civil Rights Acts to use against discriminators, average people (not professional activists like Ella Baker) were not legally protected in the 1950s for even the smallest, personal protests. --Jackie Reed | ||
Like many of my classmates the detail about this article that struck me was the fact that many of the men and women who were participating in the boycott denied it when they were asked. I would have thought that because its an issue they clearly felt strongly about that they would be willing to admit that they were a part of it. I also enjoyed seeing that the white women supported the black women through this, even if it was simply because they needed someone at their house to do the work. Although i do wonder, how much of it was because of that or were they, like the black men and women, using it as an excuse to cover up their support?- Elizabeth Frank | Like many of my classmates the detail about this article that struck me was the fact that many of the men and women who were participating in the boycott denied it when they were asked. I would have thought that because its an issue they clearly felt strongly about that they would be willing to admit that they were a part of it. I also enjoyed seeing that the white women supported the black women through this, even if it was simply because they needed someone at their house to do the work. Although i do wonder, how much of it was because of that or were they, like the black men and women, using it as an excuse to cover up their support?- Elizabeth Frank | ||
