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U.s. History: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Rosa Parks started a revolution by refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Read about the Montgomery bus boycott, and see how the nonviolent actions of supporters of the Civil Rights movement succeeded in using the boycott to inspire more calls for equality.

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non-violent protest, rosa parks
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ushistory.org, civil rights movement, independence hall association, martin luther king, jr., montgomery bus boycott, montgomery improvement association, ralph abernathy, southern christian leadership conference, beginning of the civil rights movement
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional