1955: moving to the front of the bus.

• Position: QUIZ 3 > HISTORY

1. Explain how the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott elevated the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to national prominence.--

2. The Brown v. Board of Education ruling said

   a black schools were entitled to the same amount of public funding as white schools.

   b white schools could not discriminate against non-whites on the basis of income.

   c separate but equal public schools for whites and blacks were unconstitutional.

   d private schools could not discriminate.

3. Rosa Parks was not a newcomer to racial issues in 1955. She had already

   a been jailed for protesting segregation.

   b worked for Martin Luther King Jr.

   c been a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,

   d traveled widely throughout the South.

4. Years after her refusal to move from her seat, Rosa Parks explained her motivation that day. Briefly summarize what she said about her decision.--

5. Montgomery ministers who had been involved in the bus protest were indicted by local authorities for

   a inciting violence.

   b violating the tenets of their churches' teachings.

   c preaching racial intolerance.

   d conducting an illegal boycott.

6. The model for King's strategy of passive resistance was

   a Pope Pius XII.

   b Mohandas Gandhi.

   c Moses.

   d the Buddha.

   IN-DEPTH QUESTIONS

1. Why do you think it took nearly a decade of protests following the Supreme Court ruling in 1955 striking down the Alabama Laws before the Civil. Rights Act of 1954 and the Voting Rights Act of 1955 were passed?

2. Does the fact that a practice (such as racial segregation) is protected by law give it an aura of legitimacy? How does one...