Name____________
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks Cause and Effect
In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks, an African American woman,
refused to give up her seat for a white passenger. That simple act landed her
in jail and it also set in motion the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for
more than a year. The city of Montgomery eventually lifted the law that
required segregation on the public bus. The movement began the civil-rights
movement which led to end of segregation in the United States.
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Cause
Effect
Cause
Rosa Parks went to jail.
Montgomery boycott
Effect