USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as a leader of the African American protest movement after
A
the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
B
the creation of the NAACP.
C
integration of Little Rock Central High School.
D
the sit-ins in North Carolina.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ordered Montgomery to integrate its bus system, and one of the leaders of the boycott, a young pastor named Martin Luther King Jr., emerged as a prominent leader of the American civil rights movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -Martin Luther King, Jr., a Baptist minister who endorsed nonviolent civil disobedience, emerged as leader of the Boycott. Following a November 1956 ruling by the Supreme Court that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional, the bus boycott ended successfully. It had lasted 381 days.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Montgomery bus boycott of Martin Luther King, Jr. Activists formed the Montgomery Improvement Association to boycott the transit system and chose King as their leader.

Detailed explanation-4: -King emerged as a leader of the burgeoning civil rights movement in 1957 when he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a peaceful protest with a purpose of putting an end to segregated seats on busses. African Americans carried out this protest by not riding city buses throughout Montgomery, Alabama. The Montgomery Bus Boycott took place from December 5, 1955-December 20, 1956.

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