PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Question
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Who refused to move tot eh back of the bus, thus beginning the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Thurgood Marshall
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Rosa Parks
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Maya Angelo
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Summary. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her courageous act of protest was considered the spark that ignited the Civil Rights movement. For decades, Martin Luther King Jr.’s fame overshadowed hers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Martin Luther King Jr. was the first president of the Mongomery Improvement Association, which organized the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955. This began a chain reaction of similar boycotts throughout the South. In 1956, the Supreme Court voted to end segregated busing.
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