Read the excerpt from Freedom Walkers by Russell Freedman.
No one moved. Blake rose from the driverâs seat and called out again: "Yâall better make it light on yourselves and let me have those seats.â Reluctantly, three of the black passengers rose and moved to the back. Rosa Parks shifted slightly to allow the man next to her to get up, but she did not move from her seat. She wasnât sitting in the white section, and she didnât think that she should have to give up her seat and stand in the aisle the rest of the way home. She had just spent the entire day tailoring and pressing clothes for white folks.
Which key detail in this excerpt develops the central idea that Black riders faced problems if they did not give their seats to White riders?
âBlake rose from the driverâs seat and called out again: âYâall better make it light on yourselves and let me have those seats.ââ
âRosa Parks shifted slightly to allow the man next to her to get up, but she did not move from her seat.â
âShe wasnât sitting in the white section, and she didnât think that she should have to give up her seat and stand in the aisle the rest of the way home.â
âShe had just spent the entire day tailoring and pressing clothes for white folks.â