Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 because she __________
A) instigated a race riot stemming from the desegregation of schools
B) defied a court order by refusing to allow black students in her classroom
C) refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man
D) assaulted a white man who had insulted her on a city bus
E) was suspected of being a communist or communist sympathizer
Answer: C
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