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Pretest: Pursuing Greatness
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
gomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956 was one of the
ant events of the Civil Rights Movement in the
s. Though it might have seemed like a fruitless
some when it began on December 1, 1955, the
able to break segregation laws throughout
spark of the boycott came unintentionally from
now known as "the mother of the Civil Rights
"As stipulated by a Montgomery city ordinance,
erican bus riders were required to sit in the back of
addition, they were required to give up their seats to
s if the "white seats" were taken. Ms. Parks, an
erican seamstress born in 1913, obeyed the law and
back of the bus. However, when a white man told her
her seat, she refused. The mere refusal was enough
arrested.
pular belief that Parks' civil disobedience was merely
of exhaustion. However, it is not widely known that
e underway by others to soon challenge the
ery bus laws-and that Parks was well aware of this.
had belonged to the National Association for the
ment of Colored People (NAACP) since 1944. As a
of the Montgomery chapter, she knew that some civil
ders had been planning action to overturn the bus
on laws for some time. Apparentlv. Ms. Parks' action
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What can be inferred from the author's focus on Ms. Parks' reason for starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956?
OA.
Regardless of whether or not Ms. Parks' defiance was intentional, her actions played an integral part in
generating major changes during the Civil Rights Movement.
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OB.
As a member of the NAACP, Ms. Parks wanted to overturn bus segregation laws sooner than planned and
Intentionally refused to give up her seat that day.
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As a well-known advocate of desegregation during the Civil Rights Movement, the author criticizes Ms.
Parks' true intentions for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
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OD. Many activists were not brave enough to stage a bus boycott until Ms. Parks was arrested for her refusal to
give up her seat to a white man, prompting others to follow her lead.
