The following passage (paragraph 16) adds to the buildup to the bus boycott mainly by .

“But in actual practice, whenever a white person needed a seat, the driver would order blacks to get up and move to the back of the bus, even when they had to stand in the aisle.”
Answer choices for the above question

A. showing how whites in the South went beyond the letter of segregation laws to further discriminate against blacks

B. painting a picture that the segregation laws were so complex that no black person would be able to challenge them in court

C. showing how bus drivers lobbied for harsher segregation laws

D. arguing that the Montgomery segregation laws were actually fair