THE MONTGOMERY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
1903 MYLES STREET
PHONE .5-336.01
MONTGOMERY 8, ALABAMA
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1HE REV. f . N. FRENCH, Corr.spol'lcting Sea.'ary ! ~>
MRS. ERNA A. DUNGEE. Financial Secrelary .. ~~ I . • ; ~ '1
MR. E. O. NIXON, 1,easurer
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THE IN. M. l . kiNG. JR., Pretldenl
THE REV, t. ROY BENNETT, Vic. Pretkfent
THE REV. U. J. fiElDS, Secrelory
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THE MONTGOMERY BUS PROTEST
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The origin and backgDound
(A) It is an eruption of a ground swell of social unrest'"·'::·:"
, ,(n;) Some incidents causing social unrest
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((j) KeeI?ing the Tlames of unrest alive
(2) Some of the leaders who contributed
(C) Preparing the people for the eventful hour
(1) Uprooting deep seated fears of personal injury. '
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in a struggle for justice and human rights
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(a) Fear of being jailed
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(b) Fear of economic insecurit¥
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'rhe Na ture of the movement
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(A) This is a movement of passive resistance
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(1) Emphas is on non-violence in a struggle for jus.tic
(B) Persons contributing to the idea of passive resistan.ce :~)r
(1) A letter by Mrs. Morgan in the News Papers :" ":'rtf"",ltl
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Choosing leadership for the crisis
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(III)
(A) Here the hand of providence may be seen clearer thail: :'< !~
at any other point. Lava from the eruption ran together and cone :r:~,.';~
gealed into a solid mass.
Individuals lost their group con" ,;::(c;::'~\
scienceness. Church people forgot their denominational affiliatioR8 ~
At this point a man was chosen who had just come into the communitYi '~
His fitness for leadership at such an hour is attested to be what .. ,,~,~·,
has happened since the beginning.
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(B) Men of more experience have followed li~e the le~st , od
the movement. Few if any of us have sought to take the others crown~ ~
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Over comint the opposition's methods of control in such crisis ':"
(A) The d i vide and conquer method
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(8) The conflict of nerve
The willingness 00 the p:! rt of the masses to suffer for thi~:; \>:1
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cause.
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(/\) Car pools
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(B) 'rhe many who walks day after day
Prayers as a controlling factor;
(A) It has cooled the pas~ions of thos~ who might have
resorted to violence
(Il) It has encouraged those who might have become faint- ' .
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(C) It has gi van fo .r c efu l s ta tus to the movement a cross
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(D ) It has taught many ho vl to disc i pline t h emselves
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