By Riley Burt Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott December 1‚ 1955 an African American woman named Rosa Parks‚ a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)‚ refused to stand to give up her seat to a white male as the Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ city bus was full and this was the expectation of African American people the buses were segregated and if the bus was full in the ’white’ section African Americans’ were expected to stand and let the white person
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His teacher also was black. His teacher and he was sitting in the front because the bus was full of people. The driver told them to sit in the back. They refused then the driver cursed and threatened them‚ and only because his teacher was in tears‚ they moved to the back. He felt terrible ‚ but this gave him determination to fight prejudice. When Rosa Parks was sitting in a section on a bus just behind the sign stating “White Only.” then the driver asked her to move the seat
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have a quicker way in the issuance of tickets. A ticket gives the passenger the right to board a ship. It indicates that the passenger has paid for or is entitled to a specified service. In most cases‚ shipping companies encountered problems with ticketing because the passengers need to queue up for a long time just to buy ticket and ask for information. With the aid of computers‚ the company can provide an easier way of travelers with comfort. The use of computers could help much lessen the work
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a highly important event The Civil Rights Movement featuring several famous and latter important people including The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King jr and civil rights icon Rosa Parks. This was also an early victory for The Civil Rights Movement and The Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The event also gave The Civil Rights Movement legitimacy and showed that peaceful protests could yield results. All of the events of the boycott would later have repercussions
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E-Ticketing Introduction E-Ticketing‚ or online ticket sales‚ is a new way for people to buy tickets for local events. It is an online ticket booking facility‚ which is designed to help community groups who don’t have access to this 21st century sales system. An E-Ticket is an electronically issued user name and password that is purchased by consumers to gain admission to an online entertainment venue. The actual E-Ticket is delivered to consumers in the form of a customizable email and contains
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Why did the Montgomery bus boycott succeed? In December 1995‚ a bus boycott began‚ it all started with a black woman named Rosa parks. Even though she is not the first African American this happened to‚ it all started when she bought a ticket on the bus to go home after a long day’s work. A white man got on the bus and the driver asked her to move‚ she refused and were arrested. After her story was heard around the town the bus boycott began‚ the local blacks and some whites got involved with the
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Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ oral presentation Caused by the Jim Crow laws‚ Montgomery (Alabama) segregated bus passengers by race. The first four rows of seats on each bus were reserved for whites‚ and the conductors could‚ if necessary‚ order black passengers to move further back when there were no available white seats left. Black people could sit in the middle row‚ until the white section was filled up. If white people were already sitting in the front‚ black people had to board the bus at the front
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settled down in Montgomery Alabama and became a father of four as well as the minister to a Baptist church. His strong education and minister status allowed him to meet leaders in the equality movement. These leaders chose King to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott. His peaceful law abiding protest was a huge
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that try to uphold it. Before the unintentional bus boycott occurred‚ Tallahassee was one of those towns that were considered to have good race relations amongst its citizens. Blacks knew their place and quietly accepted it‚ until May 26‚ 1956‚ a day that began the slow progress toward change for many blacks in Tallahassee. Two Florida A&M students‚ crossed the line when they decided to sit next to a white woman on a crowded‚ city bus instead of standing at the back like most blacks did when
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[pic] Oyster Card – Electronic Ticketing [pic] “Time is money‚ we are told‚ and increasing mobility is a way of saving time‚ but how successful are modern transport systems at saving time? “ (John Whitelegg‚ “Time Pollution”‚ Ecologist 23‚ no.4 – 1993) Service choice reasons [pic] If you live in London‚ you will probably know the Oyster Card fairly well. More or less everybody has one. You use it to pay for bus or tube travel – top up some money on the card and instead of
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