That's the Law
White southern judges declared that Alabama's state and local segregation laws violated which amendment?
The 14th Amendment
What protest strategy was Dr. King most known for?
Non-violence/Peaceful Protests
After Dr. King was arrested Abernathy called for what?
A Day of Thanks
Boycotters experienced a lot of oppression. Name one of the many forms of oppression.
Bombings, unlawful arrests, threats, harassment, and fired from their jobs.
Name one of the many countries that newspaper media came from to cover the Montgomery Bus Boycott. (The U.S. does not count)
England, Japan, India, Australia
_________ confirmed that Alabama's segregation laws were unconstitutional?
The Supreme Court
Who did Dr. King say he felt sympathetic for after his trial?
Judge Carter
What was the name of the lawyer/leader who was federally challenging bus segregation?
Fred Gray
Which leader's front yard was bombed?
Robert Graetz
At meetings black people practiced what?
Real life scenarios / Non-Violent Techniques
What was the name of the Judge who found King guilty and banned the boycott carpool?
Judge Eugene Carter
Dr. King said the end of segregation was not a victory of blacks over whites, but a victory for what two things?
Justice and Democracy
Bernice Robertson and her sisters also boycotted by walking every day to what?
Their piano lessons
What was the name of the organization that tried to cripple the boycotter's carpool?
White Citizens Council
Where did boycott leaders visit to encourage civil and non-violent behaviors on integrated buses?
Schools
Which organization sent lawyers to defend Dr. King and the other boycott leaders?
NAACP
What was one of the two punishments King was sentenced with after he was found guilty?
2. Serve a year of hard labor
What race was pastor Robert Graetz?
White
White people tried to stop black carpoolers from getting what so that they couldn't drive the station wagons?
Car insurance
What date did bus segregation officially end in Mongomery?
December 20
What illegal action did whites accuse the MIA of doing with their carpool?
Operating an unlicensed transportation service
What date was King's trial opened?
March 19, 1956
When Dr. King learned that the Supreme Court had ruled segregation he ran to tell three people. Name one of the three people.
His Wife, Ralph Abernathy, and E.D. Nixon
How long did it take for the Supreme Court ruling to change the segregation laws in Montgomery?
5 weeks
Name one of the songs sang at the celebration after segregation had ended.
"This little light of mine"
" Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"