Montgomery Bus Boycott Article: Fill-in-the-Blanks

On June 5 1956 a federal court ruled that any law requiring racially segregated seating on buses violated the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which was _____________________ in 1868 following the American Civil War.

adopted

Black ministers _____________________ it in church on Sunday December 4.

announced

Parks and her husband were active in the local chapter of the National _____________________ for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

association

An important black leader _____________________ her out of jail.

bailed

To _____________________ something means to avoid it or refuse to use it.

boycott

A group of black women working for civil rights began _____________________ flyers calling for a boycott of the bus system on December 5.

circulating

The other African-American riders _____________________ but Parks refused.

complied

Instead the group demanded _____________________ the hiring of black drivers and a first-come first-seated policy.

courtesy

Rosa Parks while shying from the spotlight throughout her life remained an _____________________ figure in the history of American civil rights activism.

esteemed

King's nonviolent approach remained a _____________________ of the civil rights movement throughout the 1960s.

hallmark

_____________________ met with significant resistance and even violence.

integration

One of the leaders of the boycott was a young _____________________ named Martin Luther King Jr. who emerged as a national leader of the American civil rights movement.

pastor

African-Americans in Montgomery Alabama decided to _____________________ this by boycotting city buses.

protest

Integration met with significant _____________________ and even violence.

resistance

On June 5 1956 a federal court _____________________ that any law requiring racially segregated seating on buses violated the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which was adopted in 1868 following the American Civil War.

ruled

On December 1 1955 African-American _____________________ Rosa Parks was returning home on the bus.

seamstress

At the time public transportation was _____________________ which meant that African-Americans were forced to ride at the back of the bus.

segregated

_____________________ began firing into buses and one shattered both legs of an African-American passenger.

snipers

In the end the U.S. Supreme Court ordered Montgomery to get rid of its _____________________ laws.

unfair

On June 5 1956 a federal court ruled that any law requiring racially segregated seating on buses _____________________ the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which was adopted in 1868 following the American Civil War.

violated