Protest against segregation in the Buses
Approximately 40,000 Black bus riders boycotted the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in December 1955, a few days after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white rider. The boycott lasted 382 days and ended when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional.

Protest against segregation in school cafeterias
Hundreds of students sat at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, every day for 6 months after four Black students were refused service on February 1, 1960. The Greensboro sit-ins triggered other sit-ins in cities throughout the South, with more than 50,000 students joining in by April 1960. The Greensboro sit-ins ended when the local Woolworth’s lunch counter was desegregated on July 25, 1960.

Protest against segregated bus terminals
In 1961, Freedom Riders headed south from Washington, D.C., on buses, making stops along the way to protest segregated bus terminals. The riders were ultimately met with violence and arson, which drew national attention from the Kennedy administration. The Freedom Rides came to an end after 7 months, with the Interstate Commerce Commission outlawing segregation on interstate buses. ‘Whites only’ signs were taken down in more than 300 Southern stations.

Protest against segregated in public establishments
Martin Luther King Jr. joined peaceful demonstrators in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest its Supreme Court-defying segregation. Police met the demonstrators with dogs, billy clubs, and fire hoses, as Birmingham jails were overflowing with arrests. After 37 days, Birmingham officials agreed to desegregate public establishments, hire Black workers, and release jailed protesters.

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Black Americans have come a long way in the fight for equality and justice. Most of what black people, including African immigrants, enjoy today in the western world, primarily in American, is as a direct result of these sacrifices. That why it bothers me when Africans, especially Nigerians, come here and insult or refer to the black Americans as lazy. Sometimes, I see this as an act of cowardice. You left your country where you have a rich history of your past but unable to fight for the betterment of it. You cannot fight for constant electricity, good schools, eliminate poverty and corrupt leaders. Still, you come to a place where other people have struggled to build with pain, and some others have fought for you to be seen as a human being, at least you owe them some respect.