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Rosa Parks Arrest
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man on the bus. -
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Boycott time
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black ministers and leaders met at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
they met to plan and agreed to publicize the December 5th boycott. -
The planned boycott happened with great results
the boycott had 90% of the black community walking and not taking the bus -
City Commission met with three non-MIA black ministers and proposed a "compromise,"
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MLK's home was bombed
the bomb was an attempt to break up to segregation movement -
The US Supreme Court upheld the federal court's ruling.
The US supreme court declared that bus segregation was unconstitutional.