The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956 ___.

a. failed to end the segregation policies on public city buses.

b. was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.

c. was sparked by a beating of an African American woman.

d. marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest.

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22 August, 07:43

The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956 ___.

a. failed to end the segregation policies on public city buses.

b. was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.

c. was sparked by a beating of an African American woman.

d. marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest.

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Eleanor Kaufman · Answer 1

A. Failed to end the segregation policies.

Explanation:

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was civil rights protest carried out by African Americans. They protested by refusing to ride the city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. It started on December 5, 1955 and lasted till 20 December 1956. Martin Luther king was the black leader of the Black Africans Americans, he negotiated with the city commissioners and bus companies to follow the first come first serve policy in buses but it was unsuccessful. Blacks were attacked by the white Americans and their Churches were burned.

The Montgomery Federal court ruled on June 5, 1956 that segregation violated the fourteenth Amendment of the constitution and that the Amendment of 1868 grants all the citizens equal rights and protection.

The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956 ___.a. failed to end the segregation policies on public city buses.b. was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.c. was sparked by a beating of an African American woman.d. marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest.

The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956 ___.

a. failed to end the segregation policies on public city buses.

b. was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.

c. was sparked by a beating of an African American woman.

d. marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest.