ABSTRACT
White anger stemming from desegregation encouraged the emergence of ideological responses which seemed to be wrapped in the American flag and constitutionality. The desegregation of the South’s transportation services and the establishment of African-American voting rights followed. The Civil Rights movement continued to have a substantial impact on creating legal penalties for interfering with voter registration, the act of participating in an election, or the right to sit on an unsegregated bus or train. The Montgomery bus boycott, a deliberate non-violent action to challenge segregation of public transit, drew enormous national attention. The failure of justice produced a tsunami of indignation in the African-American communities of the North as well as the South, with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People gaining financial contributions to move its work forward. The boycott was the first use of nonviolent tactics to desegregate the South.
