There were many main points in this article, but one important one was Martin Luther King and his followers wanting to take a stand and fight for their rights as fellow citizens. The Negros just wanted the right to ride the busses in peace, just like all the white citizens. Martin Luther King states in the article, "We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens, (That's right) and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullest of its meaning." (MLK Online)
A second important point in the article was, the fact that the reserved sections on the busses for the Negros was never clearly stated by the law. So there technically was no reserved section and the Negros should have been allowed to sit wherever they wanted, just as the whites could. As Martin Luther King addresses in the article, "....but i want you to know this evening that there is no reserved section. (All right) The law has never been clarified at that point. (Hell no) ....The law, the ordinance, the city ordinance has never been totally clarified. (That's right)" (MLK Online)
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