This week, we saw the documentary “Eyes on the Prize: Volume 1”. There was two parts to the documentary: Awakenings, and Fighting Back. In 1955-1956, there was a boycott of public transportation in effect because of the segregation. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested by Montgomery police for violating a local segregation ordinance by refusing to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man. The goal was to desegregate the buses running …showed first 75 words of 420 total…

…showed last 75 words of 420 total…to the city police to protect the kids from the mob. Eisenhower send in paratroopers to bring order to the town and Little Rock, Arkansas’ public school system had to be forcefully integrated. The documentary was a very vivid record of the kind of racial violence that occurred during the 1950’s. When I look at this film, it helps me understand that all my rights that I take for granted came at a great price.