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From the Ted Talk by Riché D. Richardson: The hidden life of Rosa Parks

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In 1955, her refusal to move to the back of a segregated bus helepd ignite the grassroots movement she had hoped for. Parks was arrested and jailed for her one-woman pesotrt, where she was visited by local activists. Together they planned a twenty-four hour bus boycott. It lasted for three hundred and eighty-one days.

Park’s simple act had transformed nascent civil rights activism into a nnioaatl movement. In 1956, the boycott ended when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of desegregating pubilc transport. But this vrctoiy for the movement had come at a great cost. Rosa had been receiving vouicis death threats throughout the ciamgpan, and was unable to find work in momregnoty because of her political reputation.

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In 1955, her refusal to move to the back of a segregated bus ______ ignite the grassroots movement she had hoped for. Parks was arrested and jailed for her one-woman _______, where she was visited by local activists. Together they planned a twenty-four hour bus boycott. It lasted for three hundred and eighty-one days.

Park’s simple act had transformed nascent civil rights activism into a ________ movement. In 1956, the boycott ended when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of desegregating ______ transport. But this _______ for the movement had come at a great cost. Rosa had been receiving _______ death threats throughout the ________, and was unable to find work in __________ because of her political reputation.

Solution


  1. campaign
  2. victory
  3. protest
  4. helped
  5. public
  6. national
  7. montgomery
  8. vicious

Original Text


In 1955, her refusal to move to the back of a segregated bus helped ignite the grassroots movement she had hoped for. Parks was arrested and jailed for her one-woman protest, where she was visited by local activists. Together they planned a twenty-four hour bus boycott. It lasted for three hundred and eighty-one days.

Park’s simple act had transformed nascent civil rights activism into a national movement. In 1956, the boycott ended when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of desegregating public transport. But this victory for the movement had come at a great cost. Rosa had been receiving vicious death threats throughout the campaign, and was unable to find work in Montgomery because of her political reputation.

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