African americans were not alone in their boycotts. read this account of sarah herbert's efforts to the boycott. herbert and her husband spoke out against . when came about, herbert sat at a lunch counter with several black customers.

1. jim crow laws

2. integration

Sarah Herbert and her husband spoke out against segregation.

Sarah Herbert was one of the very few white people who, not only supported the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, but she also participated actively.  The boycott started after the refusal of a black woman, Rosa Parks, of standing up and giving her seat in the bus to a white women and her subsequent arrest.

Herbert joined the boycott, protested for equal rights for black people, and used to transport black people in her car. She also went undercovered to Klan meetings in order to gather information about their activities.

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abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.