Though Rosa Parks is credited with starting the civil rights movement in 1955 when she refused to move to the back of the bus, in fact this movement __________.

A. was started behind closed doors at a secret meeting of the leaders of the Baptist church and the federal government
B. is not the result of one event but the inevitable outcome of centuries of mistreatment of Black people by White people and their governments
C. actually began with the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960
D. began in 1960 with Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech


Answer: B

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