Read about the action of Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, triggering a massive bus boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr. The boycott became the impetus for a Supreme Court ruling that ended segregation on public buses.

Concepts

desegregation, segregation, jim crow laws, rosa parks

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Additional Tags

civil rights movement, 14th amendment, martin luther king, jr., naacp, right to equal protection under the law, montgomery bus boycott

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice