Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement

What caused the boycott?

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for a boycott

• The city of Montgomery started losing money

• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus

• A law was passed that allowed African American bus riders to sit wherever they wanted

Explain the Civil Rights Movement.

• A law was passed that allowed African American bus riders to sit wherever they wanted

• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus

• The city of Montgomery started losing money

• The movement sought to help African Americans gain all the same rights as white Americans

What happened when Rosa Parks did not give up her seat?

• A law was passed that allowed African American bus riders to sit wherever they wanted

• The city of Montgomery started losing money

• Rosa Parks was arrested

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for a boycott

Explain why the boycott was effective.

• The boycott led to a change in the bus seating policy

• A law was passed that allowed African American bus riders to sit wherever they wanted

• The city of Montgomery started losing money

• Rosa Parks was arrested

Describe the connections within the text.

• The NAACP rallied around her example

• Rosa Parks was arrested

• A law was passed that allowed African American bus riders to sit wherever they wanted

• The city of Montgomery started losing money