The movie Eyes on the Prize talked a lot about the bus boycotts and showed videos of them happening, and of participants talking about it. Many African Americans who participated in it said that they had to walk very far to get to work, and to get home. One woman said that she had to walk seven miles both ways. This, to me, was very moving, as it showed how dedicated African Americans were and how they would do anything to get their rights. It seems kind of obvious that people would do so much to gain their rights, as they were almost completely compromised, but the bus boycotts showed that they would walk, sometimes as much as fourteen miles per day, when they could have taken the bus. The bus boycotts also showed how many people came together and helped each other in this time of struggle. Groups of would congregate and walk places together to show their support for not only the boycott, but for one another as well. The movie also addressed how many white people supported the boycott and sometimes schedule to drive African American boycott participants to where they needed to go. This was very inspiring to me because it showed that even white people who didn't have a personal reason to boycott the buses, still participated in the boycotts by helping out African American people who were walking. Especially in Montgomery where mostly all white people supported segregation, it was easy for white people to get sucked into the crowd and refrain from using their privilege to stand up. Seeing that many white people openly acted against segregation is very inspiring. The entirety of the Montgomery bus boycott is very moving. Not only is it inspiring to see people act against segregation, but to see the persistence and commitment that they had is very moving because they continued the boycott until bus segregation was over.
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