The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Key ideas in The Montgomery Bus Boycott
- The color line was a movable rule
- Rosa Parks was a trained secretary for the NAACP
- Bus drivers had police-like authority
- Rosa Parks attended Highlander Folk School
- Segregation laws required vacating entire rows
- Rosa Parks' protest was a calculated choice
- The arbitrary power of bus drivers
- Rosa Parks' background as a prepared activist
- Claudette Colvin preceded Rosa Parks in the same act of defiance
- Protesters demanded that drivers stop using racial slurs and treat Black riders with 'courtesy'
- Colvin's arrest provided the legal basis for the court case against bus segregation
- The arbitrary power of bus drivers to manipulate the segregation line
- Civil rights leaders initially hesitated to use Colvin as the face of the movement because of her age and pregnancy
- They wanted a first-come, first-served seating policy within segregated sections
- They demanded the hiring of Black bus drivers for routes through Black neighborhoods
- The role of Claudette Colvin as the first to refuse her seat
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You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
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Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
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A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Beyond her work as a seamstress, what role did Rosa Parks hold in the civil rights organization known as the NAACP?
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Where The Montgomery Bus Boycott takes you
Discover how a single act of defiance on a city bus sparked a 381-day protest that changed American law forever. Learn the strategy, the logistics, and the brave individuals who walked for dignity.
- 1
The Spark of Resistance
- The Rules of the Road
- The Logistics of a Year-Long Walk
- 2
The Path to Victory
- Winning in the Courts
2 sections · 3 units · 9 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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