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The bus ride
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Why should she give up her seat?
It was a law All black people should stay at the back of the bus / stand up for a white passenger
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What was Rosa Parks' job?
She worked as a seamstress
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Why did she refuse to give up her seat?
She was tired
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What did the officials in Montgomery think about the boycott?
The thought the fuss over the busses would end quickly
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What does the word: struggle mean?
Kamp
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Name another thing that was seperated? That both black and white people could not use
Water fountains Eat at seperate lunch counters Schools + colleges
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Where did she live?
Montgomery, Alabama (A city in the south)
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What did the bus driver do, when she refused to give up her seat?
He swore at her. Then he left the bus and brought back two police officers.
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What did the young Minister Martin Luther King say about the boycott?
"We are going to keep walking until the bus company gives us fair treatment" - and walk they did
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what does the word: Refuse mean
Nægte
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What was the NAACP?
National Association for the Advancement of colored People. An organization that was working to change the rules the black people had to live under.
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What was the name of her husband?
Raymond Parks
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What did she do in jail?
She began to pray and to think about why she was in jail
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What did the enemies of the boycott do?
They threw bottles at the walkers, they bombed homes, they made phone calls threatening black leaders. Mrs. Parks recieved phone calls saying she was the cause of the trouble and should be killed.
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What does the word: Congregation mean?
menighed
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What did Rosa Park start, when she refused to give up her seat?
A revolution
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What is Rosa Parks called today?
The mother of the civil rights movement
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What did her friends do to get her out of jail?
Within a few hours, friends had arranged for Mrs. Parks to leave jail by paying a 100 dollar in bond money and promising that she would show up for trial
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What happened when Mrs. Parks' case was brought in the Supreme Court?
It was ruled that that seperating white people and black people on city busses was against the Constitution of the United States. Bus companies all over the South had to change thir rules. For the first time - black people could sit whereever they wanted
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What does the word: deliberation mean
Grundig overvejelse
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What consequences did the bus boycott have?
All the black people started walking - the wanted the bus company to give them a fair treatment. The bus company lost money.
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What happened in her life in 1957?
She and her family moved moved to Detroit, where she went to work for a United States Congressman. In congress, laws could be made to guarantee equal rights to all American citizens.
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What plan did the black leaders come up with, to show the city how the black people felt?
On sunday they told their congregations about Parks They agreed on a bus boycott. Most of the passengers who used the Montgomery City Lines were black, so that monday all the busses were almost empty.
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For how long did the boycott last?
From December 1955 - November 1956 The Black people did not give in
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What does the word: rejoiced mean
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