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Women's Political Council met to tell their plans for changes to the Montgomery bus system.
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Claudette Colvin refused to give her seat to a white woman and was arrested.
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Rose Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person and was arrested.
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The Women's Political Council decides to have a bus boycott for one day.
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Most of the black community in Montgomery participates in the boycott. Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) extends the boycott.
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Participants in boycott use a carpool system created by the MIA.
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Boycott leaders were accused by the city for anti-conspiracy.
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Segregation in buses is ruled as unconstitutional by the federal district court.
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The boycott ends after the buses are no longer segregated.