Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Who was the pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

• E. D. Nixon

• Martin Luther King Jr.

What was the name of the case that led to the Supreme Court ruling that racial segregation of schools was illegal?

• Dexter v. Holt Street Baptist Church

• Montgomery v. Alabama

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Who was appointed as a federal judge in 1961 and raised to the Supreme Court in 1967?

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• E. D. Nixon

• Thurgood Marshall

What was the date when Rosa Parks was arrested?

• May 1954

• December 5, 1955

• December 1, 1955

• December 20, 1956

What did Rosa Parks do when asked to give up her seat on the bus?

• She refused silently

• She called the police

• She gave up her seat

• She argued with the bus driver

What organization was established to coordinate the Montgomery bus boycott?

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)

• Holt Street Baptist Church

• Supreme Court

What were the 3 demands specified for the bus drivers during the boycott?

• 1. For bus drivers to be aggressive

  2. For bus drivers to be polite

  3. For blacks to be able to apply for jobs as bus drivers

• 1. For bus drivers to discriminate

  2. For blacks to be able to apply for jobs as bus drivers

  3. For bus drivers to be rude

• 1. For bus drivers to be polite

  2. For blacks not to have to get up for whites

  3. For blacks to be able to apply for jobs as bus drivers

• 1. For bus drivers to be rude

  2. For bus drivers to discriminate

  3. For blacks to be able to apply for jobs as bus drivers

What was the main reason for the boycott of the bus system in Montgomery?

• To protest against the Supreme Court

• To protest against the police

• To protest against the bus company's mistreatment of African Americans

• To protest against the Montgomery Improvement Association

What was the decision of the Supreme Court regarding Alabama's bus segregation laws?

• Declared constitutional

• Referred to the lower court

• Declared unconstitutional

• No decision was made

How many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last?

• 381 days

• 10 days

• 1 year

• 14,325 days