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"Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott"

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Mrs. Clark
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Montgomery officials tried to ___ the boycott.
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Month Rosa was arrested
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"So… we decided to substitute tired feet for tired ___, and walk the streets of Montgomery.’’
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James Blake's occupation
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___ other riders moved, but Rosa did not.
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City where boycott occurred
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King and Abernathy's homes were ___.
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On November 23, 1956, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses was ___.
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The bus driver ordered Rosa to ___.
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She refused to give up her seat
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Bus driver who ordered Rosa to give up her seat
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King said, “... it is more honorable to walk in ___ than ride in humiliation."
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Over ___ percent of the city’s African Americans refused to ride the buses
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When a bus became full, the seats near the front were given to ___ passengers.
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Martin Luther ___, Jr. was a minister at the time of Rosa's arrest.
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When the bus driver told Rosa he was going to have her arrested, she said, "You ___ do that."
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King and Abernathy organized a boycott on ___.
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Rosa was ___ for refusing to give up her seat.
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King was a ___.
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State where Rosa lived
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Rosa was fined ___ dollars.
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Rosa's arrest changed the ___ ___.
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In 1955, sitting down marked the first step in a ___.
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The bus company suffered thousands of dollars in lost ___.
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Rosa's occupation
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Black passengers felt that they should be treated with ___.
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an act of refusing to use, buy, or deal with a person, organization, or country as a form of protest
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"___ disobedience” is the refusal to follow certain laws as a peaceful form of protest.
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___ Abernathy was King's colleague.
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Rosa refused to give up her ___.
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Rosa sat in the ___ row of the bus.
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Rosa was on her way home from ___.