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Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • WPC meets with Mayor

    The Women's Political Council meets with Montgomery's mayor to explain the changes that they recommend for the Montgomery's bus system.
  • Meeting with city officials

    Black leaders in Montgomery(MLKJ, Parks, and Nixon) met with the Montgomery city officials to discuss bus system seating requirements.
  • Claudette Colvin arrest

    Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white woman
  • Mary Louise Smith Arrest

    Mary Louise was arrested for refusing to not giving up her seat to a white woman.
  • Rosa Parks Arrest

    Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on the bus.
  • WPC calls for Dec. 5 bus boycott

    The WPC calls for a one-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system in support and response of Rosa Parks arrest for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on the bus.
  • One-day bus boycott

    On the one-day bus system boycott called for by WPC in support of Rosa Parks arrest the turn out was way bigger than the WPC had expected and black leaders met to discuss an extension of the boycott.
  • MIA was created, Boycott extended

    At the meeting of the one-day boycott to discuss extending the boycott, Montgomery Improvements Association was created. MLKJ was elected the president, and the boycott was extended by the MIA voting.
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Martin Luther King Jr. organized a boycott of the cities bus system in support of Rosa Parks arrest.
  • MIA demands to the city

    The MIA gives a list of demands to the city and they refuse to comply.
  • MIA organizes carpool system

    The MIA prepared for a long boycott and organized a carpool system for the supporters of the boycott to continue their daily transportation outside of the Montgomery bus system.
  • Dr. Kings house in bombed

    In response to the boycott Dr. Kings house is bombed and he calls for peace instead of violence.
  • Nixon's house is bombed

    E.D. Nixon's house is bombed also since he is considered one of the black leaders and supports the WPC, MIA, and boycott.
  • Boycott leaders are indicted

    Bus system Boycott leaders are indicted by the city under Alabama conspiracy laws.
  • Federal district court decision

    The Federal District Court rules the bus system boycott unconstitutional.
  • Supreme Court upholding and strike down

    The Supreme Court upholds the district ruling, and strikes down laws requiring racial segregation of buses. In response the MIA decides to end the boycott once the the order to desegregate is official applied.
  • Supreme Cout orders injuction

    The Supreme Court's orders of injuction against segregation on city buses are delivered to the Montgomery City Hall.
  • Buses of officially desegregated

    Montgomery's buses are officially desegregated. The MIA ends the boycott.