Talk:Montgomery bus boycott

Clarification needed

I couldn't tell from the version preceding my recent edit whether the violence was committed by the White Citizens Councils, or by individuals acting on their own. The use of "however" suggests the latter, but the KKK (kafyr, kafyr, kafyr) reference suggests the former. Can't find it on the web.Mike Malana Help?
Tualha 07:49, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Hmm...well I think that the term "African American" shows respect for the African Americans. Humph..don't you? They are not really BLACK...black is like...

the color of black eye liner:

or a black tee shirt:

or some really tight black leather pants

...I mean...I don't like being called white...I prefer...tan, or caucation or peachy skinned. not that anyone has ever called me peachy skinned, but white makes me feel albino. Not that I have a problem with albinos, everyone has their own skin, now children, it is what is on the inside that counts. DUH!

--- In England we call people who look white, white, and people who look black, black. If they're inbetween they're usually described as Indian or tanned. To consider this in any more detail isn't helpful.

Test case

"When she was arrested on December 1, 1955, the local civil rights organizations, with which Ms. Parks was involved, saw this as the ideal opportunity for political action".

That's not accurate--Parks was actually chosen as a test case, or else chose herself. I am sure this was a miswording, and not an actual oversight, as the author was clearly aware she was employed by the NAACP ("involved" with a local civil rights organization, as the author says originally). Would be a pretty long stretch to say she was anything but a test case, knowing her strong political associations.

Here's a bit on the topic: http://www.writingco.com/c/@lD92Tg8mLd0cc/Pages/rosaparks.html

Fixed it myself, but left this for discussion.

Speculations in Wikipedia articles

If reasonable speculations are not allowed to stay in this articles, how about removing reasonable speculations in other Wikipedia articles, such as "However, "La Marseillaise" has been associated throughout history with the French Republic and its values, making a change unlikely" in La Marseillaise as well? Please cite any Wikipedia policy to justify your removals of speculations. If you CANNOT, I am going to get ANY Administrators to step in to consider reasonable reversion and to LOCK UP this page for protection, as things are getting DESTRUCTIVE!--Jusjih 3 July 2005 06:04 (UTC)

Colvin edit request

Hi, I don't know how to reference this, but on the week 8 videos of this online course there is a discussion of Colvin's case - https://class.coursera.org/womencivilrights-001 . Colvin was not pregnant at the time of her arrest, the decision not to make her the test case had more to do with her age and whether she had resisted arrest. She became pregnant after the trial because as her peers at school shunned her she became involved with an older man. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.23.31.99 (talk) 20:10, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Also agree this needs to be corrected, preferably while Colvin is still with us. She's clarified this during a Democracy Now interview and our own page on Colvin explains that she wasn't pregnant at the time. The unsourced section on E.D. Dixon needs work.

Michael Young Username (talk) 17:51, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

AME Zion Church meeting

Our page describes this meeting as happing "the next morning", which implies Tues Dec 6th 1955

This other page --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks#Montgomery_bus_boycott describes that meeting as happening "that evening", which implies Mon Dec 5th 1955.

I don't know which is correct but I do know these both can't be true at the same time.

Michael Young Username (talk) 19:04, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Bus driver after the boycott

I read somewhere that on the day after the boycott ended, Dr. King and some of his staff boarded a bus. According to what I read, the driver was very friendly and welcomed them aboard. Does anybody have a source on that? It would be interesting to include in the article. SnappingTurtle (talk) 22:46, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

History

The Montgomery bus boycott was the most successful civil rights event of 1950 197.215.23.195 (talk) 20:04, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 October 2022

The sources needs to be visible for education purposes only, as a form of trust to the community, if not its just like an reddit page 5.179.95.8 (talk) 08:42, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. What? Every source cited is visible, try clicking on one of the little numbers within brackets. Or scrolling to the bottom of the page. Cannolis (talk) 10:06, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Lucille Times

After reading her article, I think that Lucille Times should be added to (preferrably) the list of people in the Participants section or (at least) the See also section. Thanks. 87.155.217.32 (talk) 00:52, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Bad sentence

"In 1841 Frederick Douglass and his friend James N. Buffum entered a train car reserved for white passengers in Lynn, Massachusetts, when the conductor ordered them to leave the car, they refused."

This is an overt comma splice. Better:

In 1841 Frederick Douglass and his friend James N. Buffum entered a train car reserved for white passengers in Lynn, Massachusetts. When the conductor ordered them to leave the car, they refused.

or

In 1841 Frederick Douglass and his friend James N. Buffum entered a train car reserved for white passengers in Lynn, Massachusetts; when the conductor ordered them to leave the car, they refused.

It would also be helpful to know that Buffum was white and was mayor of Lynn, MA. 75.4.54.22 (talk) 22:25, 1 February 2023 (UTC)