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Question 7 • United States History

A group that oversaw the Montgomery Bus Boycott and produced important civil rights leaders was

Answer
A
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
B
the Congress of Racial Equality.
C
the Montgomery Improvement Association.
D
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Explanation

The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) organized and oversaw the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which began in 1955. Martin Luther King Jr. became its president and emerged as a major civil rights leader through the boycott. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed later, in 1957, and was not the group that led the boycott.

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