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CLEP US History II

Category - Civil Rights

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Rosa Parks’ refusal to vacate a seat on a municipal bus in 1955 led to a year-long bus boycott in which Southern city?
  1. Memphis, Tennessee
  2. Selma, Alabama
  3. Atlanta, Georgia
  4. Montgomery, Alabama
  5. Birmingham, Alabama
Explanation
Answer: D - On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. In response, African-American residents protested use of the city bus system in a massive act of nonviolent civil disobedience that ultimately involved the participation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On December 20, 1956, the boycott ended when the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Browder v. Gayle that segregation of city buses was unconstitutional.
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