Montgomery bus boycott 1955 to 1956

Question 1

was it the first large-scale US demonstration against segregation?

Answer 1

yes

Question 2

Who was the leader of the bus boycott?

Answer 2

Martin Luther King

Question 3

what happened four days before the boycott began?

Answer 3

Rosa Parks was arrested and fined for refusing to give up at her bus seat for a white man

Question 4

how much was Rosa Parks fined for not giving up her seat?

Answer 4

$10 +$4 in court fees

Question 5

what was the Montgomery bus boycott?

Answer 5

it was a civil rights protest where African-Americans refused to ride buses due to the segregated seating

Question 6

what did the US Supreme Court do?

Answer 6

ordered Montgomery to interrogate its bus system

Question 7

Who was the bus driver who called the police on Rosa Parks?

Answer 7

J.Fred Blake

Question 8

when did it take place?

Answer 8

from December 5, 1955 to December 26, 1956

Question 9

where did it take place?

Answer 9

Montgomery Alabama

Question 10

why?

Answer 10

because African Americans were strictly only allowed to sit at the back of the bus in the so-called ‘coloured section’