Freedom Walkers - Proud to be Arrested

By ______________________, the bus company announced it was on the verge of bankruptcy. Only ________ month(s) into the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

• December, 1 month

• January, 2 months

• February, 3 months

• March, 4 months

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Mayor Gayle of Montgomery was upset with white women because...

• they supported the bus boycott

• they weren't using the Montgomery city buses

• they were involved in protests outside the city hall

• they were driving their black housekeepers and cooks to and from work

City commissioners and leaders of Montgomery were convinced that....

• blacks wanted to ride buses

• that the bus boycott leaders were tricking blacks into not riding the buses

• that Jo Ann Robinson was the leader of "a group of Negro radicals"

• more whites would eventually start riding buses

As a result of Police Commissioner Clyde Sellers ordering his men to crack down on car pool drivers, Jo Ann Robinson - "a stickler for obeying traffic rules - was given ______ tickets over a period of 2 months.

• 11

• 15

• 17

• 21

At first, Martin Luther King Jr took the threatening calls and letters in stride, dismissing them...

• True

• False

On January 26, 1956, Dr. King was arrested for speeding and put in jail for going 30 mph in a 25 mph zone. What happened as word of King's arrest spread?

• supporters of Dr. King gathered and began rioting outside the city jail

• supporters of Dr. King gathered outside the city jail

• King was released after having to pay bail (money owed to court)

• King was released without having to pay bail (money owed to court)

On January 31, 1956, someone threw a homemade bomb through the window of Martin Luther King Jr.'s house while his wife and 10-week-old daughter were home.

• True

• False

On February 21, 1956, 115 blacks were indicted (charged with having committed a serious crime) based on a state law that dealt with....

• segregation laws

• resisting arrest

• prohibiting boycotts

• protesting in public places

In response to the indictments, most boycotters didn't wait to be arrested by the sheriff's deputies. The first to turn himself in was...

• E.D. Nixon

• Booker T. Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Reverend Ralph Abernathy

The grand jury's decision to indict the 115 African Americans caused...

• the black community to be in fear even more of being arrested

• the Montgomery Improvement Association to settle with the buses

• the black community to consider being arrested a badge of honor

• problems with the Montgomery Bus Boycott