The Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956

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Multiple Choice

The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956

• A) failed to end the segregation policies on public city buses.
• B) was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.
• C) was sparked by a beating of an African American woman.
• D) marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest.
• E) led to the creation of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).

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