Memphis bus desegregation campaigns

Target entity: Memphis bus desegregation campaigns
Context triple: [African-American history of Memphis, includesEvent, Memphis bus desegregation campaigns]

• A. Nashville sit-ins
  The Nashville sit-ins were a series of nonviolent student-led protests in 1960 that successfully desegregated lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee and became a key early campaign of the U.S. civil rights movement.
• B. Montgomery bus boycott
  The Montgomery bus boycott was a pivotal 1955–1956 civil rights protest in Alabama in which African Americans refused to ride city buses to challenge racial segregation, helping launch the modern Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr.’s national leadership.
• C. Birmingham campaign
  The Birmingham campaign was a pivotal 1963 civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, marked by nonviolent protests against racial segregation that drew national attention and helped spur major civil rights legislation.
• D. Albany Movement
  The Albany Movement was a coalition formed in 1961 in Albany, Georgia, that sought to desegregate the city and became an important early campaign in the broader American civil rights struggle.
• E. Freedom Rides
  The Freedom Rides were a series of nonviolent protests in 1961 in which interracial groups rode interstate buses into the segregated U.S. South to challenge and draw attention to the failure to enforce desegregation laws.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Memphis bus desegregation campaigns
Target entity description: The Memphis bus desegregation campaigns were mid-20th-century civil rights efforts in Memphis, Tennessee, in which Black activists organized boycotts, legal challenges, and protests to end racial segregation on the city’s public transportation system.

• A. Nashville sit-ins
  The Nashville sit-ins were a series of nonviolent student-led protests in 1960 that successfully desegregated lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee and became a key early campaign of the U.S. civil rights movement.
• B. Montgomery bus boycott
  The Montgomery bus boycott was a pivotal 1955–1956 civil rights protest in Alabama in which African Americans refused to ride city buses to challenge racial segregation, helping launch the modern Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr.’s national leadership.
• C. Birmingham campaign
  The Birmingham campaign was a pivotal 1963 civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, marked by nonviolent protests against racial segregation that drew national attention and helped spur major civil rights legislation.
• D. Albany Movement
  The Albany Movement was a coalition formed in 1961 in Albany, Georgia, that sought to desegregate the city and became an important early campaign in the broader American civil rights struggle.
• E. Freedom Rides
  The Freedom Rides were a series of nonviolent protests in 1961 in which interracial groups rode interstate buses into the segregated U.S. South to challenge and draw attention to the failure to enforce desegregation laws.
• F. None of above. chosen