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- 3. Rosa Parks resented being told to give up her seat. She felt her dignity had been _____.
- 4. The protest began when Rosa Parks remained seated when told to move to the back of the bus for a white person. By refusing to ________ her seat, she had broken the law.
- 7. Civil rights lawyers fought the case through the court system. They wanted Rosa Parks's guilty _____ overturned.
- 8. In 1956 the highest court of the lange ordered the bus company to treat people equally. African Americans everywhere felt _____ when they heard the news.
- 11. There were signs saying "Whites Only" in many places. Having to drink from separate drinking fountains was ____ to African Americans.
- 12. In 1989 Rosa Parks was honored by the president. An invitation was ____to her to visit the White House.
- 13. The bus driver quickly reacted, taking Rosa off the bus. She remained in the _____ of Montgomery police officers for the next three hours.
- 15. Rosa Parks's former home has been put on the National Register of Historic Places. The event took place in 2022, and the 88-year old Ms. Parks attended the ____.
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- 1. In 1955, African Americans participated in nonviolent protests againsts the injustices they suffered. They _____ the Birmingham bus system.
- 2. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great American. He _____ tirelessly to make America a fairer and more just nation.
- 5. African American children and white children were kept apart. At that time in the South, ____ schools were rare.
- 6. There was a belief that African American were inferior. Unfortunately, such ____ views were not unusual at that time.
- 9. The Civil Rights movement began in the 1950s. Its purpose was to end the _______ of Americans because of their race.
- 10. Dr. King accomplished a great deal during his short life. His ______ achievement was to show that nonviolent resistance to injustice actually worked.
- 14. It was uncertain how long she would be held at the police station. She hoped she would not be _____ there overnight.