Montgomery Bus Boycott – Key Facts

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering dates, key figures, legal rulings, and lasting significance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery bus.

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks’ act of defiance occurred on __, 1955.

December 1

The incident took place in __, Alabama.

Montgomery

The bus driver who ordered Rosa Parks to move was __.

James Blake

Rosa Parks was seated in the __ section of the bus when she was asked to move.

Black

Civil-rights lawyers cited the __ case to argue that bus segregation was unconstitutional.

Brown v. Board of Education

On __ 5, 1956, a federal court ruled segregated seating on buses violated the 14th Amendment.

June

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the lower-court ruling on __ 20, 1956.

December

Montgomery’s buses were integrated on __ 21, 1956.

December

The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted __ days.

382

The boycott elevated __ to national prominence as an iconic civil-rights leader.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The boycott set the movement’s tone of __ civil disobedience.

nonviolent