legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 80197 posts
Thu Apr-25-24 04:28 PM
19. "they bought rides with Black taxis for $.10 cents" In response to In response to 17
40,000 Black folk used the buses in Montgomery.. 75% of bus riders were Black in Montgomery.
Although African Americans represented at least 75 percent of Montgomery’s bus ridership, the city resisted complying with the protester’s demands. To ensure the boycott could be sustained, Black leaders organized carpools, and the city’s African American taxi drivers charged only 10 cents—the same price as bus fare—for African American riders.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*