The Montgomery Bus Boycott

question 66

Multiple Choice

The Montgomery Bus Boycott:

• A) was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man.
• B) did not succeed in desegregating the public buses.
• C) propelled Thurgood Marshall into the national spotlight as a leader in the civil rights movement.
• D) marked the end of the civil rights movement.

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