Notes

The song "Neighbors" by J cole is a song about how he feels people in the world today view the black community and how they are treated by authority and civilians. One of the lines that he raps is "Travon kind of fate," this line obviously referring to the death of Trayvon Martin; the young black boy viciously murdered by a white man. Another line that hits home with a lot of his fans is the line, "cops bustin down the door with army guns no evidence of the harm we done," this line referring to the treatment of blacks throughout the country by police officers. I feel that this song really speaks out about the current situation we are dealing with in this country with lingering racism and inequality.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott starter in 1964 and lasted 382 days. In this time period blacks in the city of Montgomery decided to boycott the busses in hope that they would realize that most of the business that they were getting were in fact africans. Instead of using the bus system black had to walk, get a ride, take the train, and so many more. It definitely was a very difficult task and a lot of people had to be in on it to be effective. One of the main leaders/speakers for this event was Rosa Parks. Rosa started the whole boycott idea by not switching seats for a white man. She refused to give up her seat and she ended up getting punished for it (injury). Africans were outraged and thought that this was crazy and knew that they could make a change with enough people in on the boycott.