All of the following are TRUE of the Montgomery bus boycott EXCEPT

A) the leaders of the NAACP were not enthusiastic because they preferred to work through the courts.
B) Martin Luther King, Jr., became a national celebrity.
C) the boycott received favorable national media attention.
D) the boycott ultimately failed to bring an end to segregation on the buses.


Answer: D

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