6. Causes of Segregation Segregation involves favored treatment for the dominant group. Most members of the dominant group have strong beliefs of superiority because of having the best education, homes and jobs. The subordinate group may have a sense of inferiority because of the lack of social, political and economic benefits denied by the system. Subordinate groups develop intense group loyalty and make special efforts to resist and overcome the limitations of separation.
7. Rosa Parks , who is well known for her refusal to relinquish her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, was a civil rights advocate before she committed her historic and heroic act.
8. Dr. Martin Luther King “ Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.” He won a Nobel Peace Prize in December of 1964 for his contributions to the society. Martin Luther King is one of the world’s best known advocates of non-violent social change strategies. He was elected as president for the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956 and made the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
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