USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which event marked the beginning of the modern civil rights movement in the United States?
A
Freedom Rides
B
March on Washington
C
Montgomery Bus Boycott
D
Ratification of the Twenty-fourth Amendment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In December 1955 NAACP activist Rosa Parks ’s impromptu refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked a sustained bus boycott that inspired mass protests elsewhere to speed the pace of civil rights reform.

Detailed explanation-2: -The modern Civil Rights Movement is often marked as beginning with the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision banning school segregation or the day in 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to move from a bus seat in Montgomery, AL and ends with the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act or with the assassination of Dr.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lasting 381 days, the Montgomery Bus Boycott resulted in the Supreme Court ruling segregation on public buses unconstitutional. A significant play towards civil rights and transit equity, the Montgomery Bus Boycott helped eliminate early barriers to transportation access.

Detailed explanation-4: -On December 1, 1955, the modern civil rights movement began when Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.

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