The Torchbearer

When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama, Martin Luther King Jr. used that opportunity to organize a bus boycott in which he successfully challenged Montgomery’s segregation laws. The Montgomery bus boycott could have failed at any time if African Americans had decided to start riding the buses again. Write a paragraph in which you respond to the following questions: What message did the continuation of the boycott convey at the time? What is its message for the nation today? Cite evidence from the article to support your opinions.