Talk:Montgomery Bus Boycott
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- The city finally retaliated by arresting Martin Luther King for the crime of organizing the boycott.
How is this retaliation? I don't think it's neutral to call an action "retaliation", as it implies (B) that it was done in response to an initial act of harm, and (usually) (B) that the initial act was unjustified.
A word that is certainly neutral is "responded" -- this sidesteps both issues raised by a word like retaliate.
- I tried to fix some problems with the article. I clarified some sentences, reorganized others, tried to remove POV aspects, and I opted to use the term "black" instead of "African-American." Let's face it, under racial segregation, restaurants would not ask you your country of origin. They would look at the color of your skin. Not only that, but the article African American states that the preference for "black" is well-accepted.
--cprompt
Clarification needed
I couldn't tell from the version preceding my recent edit whether the violence was committed by the White Citizens Councils, or by individuals acting on their own. The use of "however" suggests the latter, but the KKK reference suggests the former. Can't find it on the web.Mike Malana Help?
Tualha 07:49, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Test case
"When she was arrested on December 1, 1955, the local civil rights organizations, with which Ms. Parks was involved, saw this as the ideal opportunity for political action."
That's not accurate--Parks was actually chosen as a test case, or else chose herself. I am sure this was a miswording, and not an actual oversight, as the author was clearly aware she was employed by the NAACP ("involved" with a local civil rights organization, as the author says originally). Would be a pretty long stretch to say she was anything but a test case, knowing her strong political associations.
Here's a bit on the topic: http://www.writingco.com/c/@lD92Tg8mLd0cc/Pages/rosaparks.html
Fixed it myself, but left this for discussion.