Question

The Woman who Changed a Nation
One December evening, a woman left work and boarded a bus for home. She was tired; her feet ached. But this was Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, and as the bus became crowded, the woman, a black African- American, was ordered to give up her seat to a white passenger. But she remained seated, and that simple decision eventually led to the disintegration of institutionalised segregation in the South, bringing in a new era of the civil rights movement. The white bus driver warned Rosa Parks, "Well, I'm going to have you arrested," and she replied, "You may go on and do so." Parks was 42 years old when she refused to give up her seat. She has insisted that her feet were not aching; she was, by her own testimony, no more tired than usual. And she did not plan her fateful act: "I did not get on the bus to get arrested," she has said. "I got on the bus to go home." Montgomery's segregation laws were complex: black people were required to pay their fare to the driver, then get off and get on again through the back door. Sometimes the bus would drive off before the paid-up customers made it to the back entrance. If the white section was full and another white customer entered, blacks were required to give up their seats and move farther to the back; a black person was not even allowed to sit across the aisle from whites. These humiliations were made worse by the fact that two-thirds of the bus riders in Montgomery were black. “It was just not right, and I was tired of it,” wrote Parks in her 1994 book Quiet Strength. “I kept thinking about my mother and my grandparents, and how strong they were.” Rosa’s simple act of protest helped bring about America's civil rights revolution. The rest of Parks’ story is American history... her arrest and trial, a 381-day Montgomery bus boycott, and, finally, the Supreme Court’s ruling in November 1956 that segregation on public transport was unlawful.
1. How long ago did this happen? _____
2. What time of year was it? _____
3. Why was Rosa Parks on the bus? ____
4. Why was she ordered to give up her seat? ______
5. Why did she refuse? ___
6. What 3 things do we learn about the rules on buses in Alabama at that time?
i. _______
ii. ______
iii. ______
7. What happened to Rosa personally as a result?
8. How did Rosa’s action change American history?

Answer 1

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1. How long ago did this happen? It happened 65 years ago.

2. What time of year was it? December evening.

3. Why was Rosa Parks on the bus? She left work and boarded a bus for home.

4. Why was she ordered to give up her seat? 'Cause she was black. "If the white section was full and another white customer entered, blacks were required to give up their seats and move farther to the back."

5. Why did she refuse? 'Cause she was tired, and her feet were aching.

6. What 3 things do we learn about the rules on buses in Alabama at that time?

1. [...] black people were required to pay their fare to the driver, then get off and get on again through the back door.
2. Sometimes the bus would drive off before the paid-up customers made it to the back entrance.
3. If the white section was full and another white customer entered, blacks were required to give up their seats and move farther to the back.

7. What happened to Rosa personally as a result? [...] her arrest and trial, a 381-day Montgomery bus boycott, and, finally, the Supreme Court’s ruling in November 1956 that segregation on public transport was unlawful.

8. How did Rosa’s action change American history? Rosa’s simple act of protest helped bring about America's civil rights revolution. “It was just not right, and I was tired of it,” wrote Parks in her 1994 book Quiet Strength.

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