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It all started on December 1st when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white male. Rosa was arrested on the spot and soon started the boycott for the Montgomery Bus.
On December 2nd there was a launch of a one day boycott held for Rosa Parks
December 5th the boycott started and the whole African American community participated that was from Montgomery -
On this day a 15 year old girl was arrested for not allowing a white passenger to take her seat. The 15 year old girl Claudette Colvin was charged for violating segregation laws, assault, and disordely conduct. -
On October 21st an 18-year-old girl was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white bus driver. The 18-year-old girl was Mary Louise Smith. -
Bus Segregation was ruled unconstitutional by the federal district court -
Martin Luther King Jr. was indicted as the boycott leader and was at risk of being served more than a year in jail or pay five hundred dollars. -
The districts courts ruling was upheld by the supreme court and turned down the laws regarding racial segregation on buses. -
Supreme Courts decision was delivered to the city officials of Montgomery
The day after the Montgomery public buses started to desegregate and the boycott ends -
The boycott of the Montgomery Bus raised Martin Luther King Jr. fame which launched the huge Civil Rights Movement across America. -
On February 21st the leaders of the boycott were indicted for the Alabama's anti-conspiracy laws.