The 1955-1956 African-American Boycott of Segregated Buses in Montgomery, Alabama

question 39

Multiple Choice

The 1955-1956 African-American boycott of segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama eventually led to

• A) Supreme Court affirming a lower-court decision outlawing segregation of public transportation.
• B) election of a black mayor in Montgomery.
• C) defeat of Democratic incumbents throughout the south in the 1956 election.
• D) voluntary concession by white leaders in Montgomery to integrate buses.
• E) collapse of the civil-rights movement when African-American leaders were unable to deliver on their promises of social change.

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