Kammala wannan jumla: A 1960, wahayi zuwa gare ta da
Greensboro sit-ins, dalibai daga Kwalejin Jihar Alabama sun shirya nasu sit-in a kantin abincin rana na Jihar Capitol don nuna rashin amincewa da rabuwa. Bayan da aka kori daliban da ke da hannu a kan dagewar Gwamna John Malcolm Patterson, dubban dalibai sun yi tafiya zuwa babban birnin. A ranar 20 ga Mayu, 1961, 'Yan Gudun' Yanci, suna ƙoƙari su gwada dokokin rabuwa a kan bas-bas, sun isa Montgomery. Bayan ganawa da tashin hankali a Anniston da Birmingham, Gwamna Patterson ya yi alƙawarin kare mahaya a lokacin tafiyarsu daga Birmingham zuwa Montgomery, amma 'yan sandan garin Montgomery ba su ci gaba da kare mahaya ba. An tarar da su da wani taron jama'a wanda ya doke mahaya da jami'an Ma'aikatar Shari'a wadanda suka yi kokarin shiga tsakani. Daga karshe 'yan sanda sun shiga tsakani kuma sun yi wa mahaya umarnin hana su yin tashin hankali. Bayan 'yan kwanaki, wasu mahaya sun bar Montgomery don ci gaba da tafiya, kawai don a kama su lokacin da suka isa Jackson, Mississippi.