The Montgomery Bus Boycott Began After the Arrest of Whom

question 24

Multiple Choice

The Montgomery bus boycott began after the arrest of whom for refusing to give up a seat on the bus for a white man?

• A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
• B) Rosa Parks
• C) Homer Plessy
• D) Fannie Lou Hamer
• E) Thurgood Marshall

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