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Claudette Colvin arrested
She is a 15-year-old that is arrested for not giving up to seat to a white woman. -
Mary Louise Smith is arrested
She is an eighteen-year-old that is arrested for not giving up her seat to a white bus rider. -
Rosa Parks Was Arrested.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white woman and move to the back of the bus. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boycott Meeting
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. held a meeting about boycott strategies. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott Began
Mass protest against the bus system of Montgomery. -
The Women's Political Council (WPC) and Jo Ann Robinson
The Women's Political Council began circulating flyers calling for a boycott of the bus system. The boycott was organized by WPC president Jo Ann Robinson. -
Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) and Martin Luther King Jr.
Black leaders met to form the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). The group elected Martin Luther King Jr. as president. -
A compromise was proposed by non-members of the Montgomery Improvement Association
A black organization that led the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 under Martin Luther King, Jr. -
Martin Luther King Jr's Home is Bombed.
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Federal court ruled that bus segregation violated the 14th amendment.
A Montgomery federal court ruled that any law requiring racially segregated seating on buses violated the 14th amendment. -
Official end of the boycott
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The buses were integrated.
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was founded.
An African American civil rights organization established by Martin Luther King Jr.