Homework due

Read and highlight the causes and key events of the

Montgomery Bus Boycott. (Due: last week)
& 16 mark question due today.
Was the Montgomery Bus Boycott
important?
Was MLK significant?
L. O. To recap the events of the Montgomery Bus Boycott from H/W
To analyse why it was successful.
To evaluate the significance of MLK.

Complete the quiz questions from your

STARTER
homework on the events of the Montgomery
Bus Boycott
 Feedback from Homework
Name:
Answer the quiz questions to check your home learning:
1. What date was Rosa Parks’ arrest?
2. Why was Parks arrested?
3. How many days did the Bus Boycott last?
4. What was the role of the WPC?
5. Who was the leader of the WPC?
6. Why did Rosa Parks’ arrest spark the boycott in particular, when 6 arrests had
already happened that year?
7. How long was the original boycott planned for?
8. Why was the MIA set up?
9. Why was MLK chosen as the leader? (4 reasons)
10. What was a car pool?
11. What happened to boycotters?
12. What happened to MLK’s house?
13. What was the name of the court case the MIA brought to end segregation?
1. What date was Rosa Parks’ arrest? 1 Dec 1955
2. Why was Parks arrested? Refusing to stand up for a white man
3. How many days did the Bus Boycott last? 381
4. What was the role of the WPC? Women’s Political Council to fight
discrimination
5. Who was the leader of the WPC? Jo Ann Robinson was the president
6. Why did Rosa Parks’ arrest spark the boycott in particular, when 6 arrests had
already happened that year? Because she was respectable and trained in non-
violent protest.
7. How long was the original boycott? 1 day
8. Why was the MIA set up? The Montgomery Improvement Association wanted
to improve the lives of black people in Montgomery
9. Why was MLK chosen as the leader? (4 reasons) He was a clergyman, new to
the area, well educated, non-violent.
10. What was a car pool? Giving other people a lift- car sharing.
11. What happened to boycotters? They faced abuse and long walks. They were
caught ‘speeding’ and arrested for disrupting lawful business.
12. What happened to MLK’s house? It was bombed with his wife and baby inside.
13. What was the name of the court case the MIA brought to end segregation?
The spec
 Why was the boycott a success?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z
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• Pages 35-36 give many reasons why

the boycott was successful.

• In your table groups, write a

‘shopping list’ of the reasons. Add a
small picture for each. Each keep a
copy of the ‘shopping list for
success’ in your books.

• Put a star next to the most

important point on your list.
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 Super Top Trumps
You task is to make 4 super top trumps cards of
the key M.B.B. leaders using page 37.
A

Name: ML King Name: E.D. Name: Ralph

Name: Jo Ann
Role: Nixon Abernathy
Robinson
Role: Role:
Role:

Importance Importance Importance

Importance
score: /10 score: /10 score: /10
score: /10
 What were the effects of the boycott?

1. Achieved its aims- buses desegregated

2. Showed black people could organise mass resistance
3. Brought MLK to the spotlight
4. Gained publicity
5. Non-violent direct action used for the first time
6. Showed civil rights activists they should only focus protests
where they wouldn’t get a white backlash.
BUT
7. Black people shot at in the months after desegregation
8. Bus stops and everything else remained segregated in
Montgomery
 Review
Your task is to look at the 8 outcomes of the boycott you have recorded and
to devise a mnemonic (memory aid) to help you learn them.

eg
Aims achieved – A
Mass non-violent resistance –R
ML King to spotlight- K
Publicity gained –P
Segregation remained– S
Shootings– S
 Review
The Bus Boycott caused SPARKS

eg
Segregation remained – S
Publicity gained –P
Aims achieved – A
Mass non- violent resistance – R
Dr King to spotlight- K
Shootings - S

A
 How far do you agree with int 4 about the importance of the Montgomery Bus boycott?

On the one hand, int 4 is correct as it states that the MBB “enlightened millions of whites…
about Jim Crow”. In actual reality the boycott got a lot of news coverage and as a result of the
boycott, the civil rights movement was galvanised into further action, with the same tactics
later being used by activists.  ONE MORE POINT + ACTUAL REALITY

However, int 3 states that… other segregated services in Montgomery were not desegregated.
In actual reality, the backlash continued not only in Mont. But in other places with MLK’s (and
other MIA members’) house being bombed.  ONE MORE POINT + ACTUAL REALITY + LINK 
Therefore, some may disagree with int 4.

Another reason for agreement with int 4 is the 1957 Civil Rights Act…  EVIDENCE + EXPLAIN
its important + LINK to question

Overall, I mostly agree/disagree with int 4 because…  ACTUAL REALITY + DETAIL FROM INT 4