Unit 4: Vocabulary from Readings 6

James Blake, the driver, believed he had the discretion to move the line separating black and white passengers.

In police custody, Mrs. Parks was booked, fingerprinted, and briefly incarcerated.

She was, however, a woman of unchallenged character who was held in high esteem by all those who knew her.

For a quiet act of defiance that resonated throughout the world, Rosa Parks is known and revered as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.”

For a quiet act of defiance that resonated throughout the world, Rosa Parks is known and revered as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.”

The boycott of Montgomery bus lines by Negro riders entered its second month this week with no conciliation in sight.

As a result of the bus company’s loss of revenue in the boycott, the City Commission Wednesday raised fares 50 per cent: adult fares from 10 to 15 cents, school fares from 5 to 8 cents. The commission also authorized a 5 cent charge for transfers, which have heretofore been free.

Asking for the increase, the bus company cited losses averaging 22 cents a mile since the boycott began Dec. 5. The losses would run even higher, company spokesmen said, except for a curtailment in service that has reduced mileage by 31 per cent.

Shortly after the boycott began, virtually all service to Negro communities was abolished.

Mrs. Parks refused to yield her seat and was arrested for violation of a city segregation ordinance.

The law makes it a misdemeanor for anyone to disobey the driver’s orders.

At a mass meeting in a local Negro church the night following the court hearing, Negro citizens were urged not to ride the buses. The following morning Negro patronage was down by an estimated 90 per cent.