America is best defined by many as the "The land of the free and home of the brave. Throughout America's history attempts have been made to give all Americans the right to freedom and equal opportunities. The United States will never be a completely color blind society, because racial prejudices are passed from one generation to the next generation through their parents beliefs and understandings of the world and the way that society should work. Thousands to people were still not happy with the way America was after the Civil War. But over the years, America has changed in many ways to gratify the people and its ability to grow after the Civil War.
Throughout history, citizens did a number of things to let the authorities know they were not happy about something. One common way for Americans to express how they feel and get some attention is by protesting. This was the best way to make the people listen; larger protests got a tremendous amount of attention. One of the numerous protests during the Civil Rights Movement, which became eminent, was the Montgomery Bus Boycott starting on December 1st in the year of 1955. This was when Rosa Parks disobediently refused to give up her seat, as the blacks were supposed to do, on a Montgomery bus to a white man and was arrested of it. She refused to agree to segregation and as a result, she was sent to jail. This was a small price to pay for such an outcome. Although she was arrested, she went down in history for such a courageous act. After her arrest, black people refused to ride on busses because they refused to give in to the commands of the whites. The boycott ended in 1956 when the United States Supreme Court declared segregation on pubic buses unconstitutional. This was a very peaceful form of protest where no one was killed or injured and the people voices were still heard. The non-violent form of protest is always more effective than violence even though it takes time for the peoples voice to be heard.