Waxan sii wadaa faqraddan-- Sanadkii 1960kii, waxaa igu dhaliyay fadhiisiintii Greensboro
, Ardayda Jaamacadda Alabama State waxay abaabuleen fadhi ay ku leeyihiin miiska cuntada ee Capitol ee gobolka si ay uga mudaaharaadaan kala soocida. Kadib markii ardaydii ku lugta laheyd la eryay kadib markii uu ku adkeystay gudoomiyihii gobolka John Malcolm Patterson, kumanaan arday ah ayaa ku soo baxay caasimada. Bishii Meey 20, 1961, Freedom Riders, oo isku dayaya inay tijaabiyaan sharciyada kala soocida basaska gobollada dhexdooda, waxay yimaadeen Montgomery. Ka dib markii uu la kulmay rabshado ka dhacay Anniston iyo Birmingham, Guddoomiye Patterson wuxuu ballanqaaday inuu ilaalin doono wadayaasha inta ay ka safrayaan Birmingham ilaa Montgomery, laakiin booliska magaalada Montgomery ma sii wadin inay ilaaliyaan wadayaasha. waxaa la kulmay dad farabadan oo garaacay ragga raacay iyo saraakiil ka tirsan wasaarada cadaalada oo isku dayay in ay soo fara gashadaan. Booliiska ayaa ugu dambeyntii soo farageliyay waxayna u adeegsadeen wadayaasha amarro ku saabsan kicinta rabshadaha. Maalmo kadib, dad badan ayaa ka tagay Montgomery si ay u sii wadaan safarka, kaliya in la xiro markii ay gaareen Jackson, Mississippi.