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Warning of the Boycott
Professor Jo Ann Robinson writes a warning to the mayor of Montgomery of the possibility of a bus boycott. -
Dr. King Comes to Town
Dr. Marting Luther King Jr. becomes the pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks, an Aftrican American, is arrested for violating the bus segregation laws and charged with disorderly conduct -
MIA
Rosa Parks is convicted and fined by the city court. A one-day boycott of the city buses has 90 percent of regular black riders staying off the buses. Reverend King Jr. is elected the president of the newly formed Montgomery Improvement Association. First MIA meeting is held at the Holt Street Baptist Church, where the several thousand black citizens who attend support the continuing of the bus boycott. -
Car Pool System
MIA begins to operate a car pool system. -
Bus Desegregation
The Montgomery bus company decides to implement a policy of desegregation after the U. S. Supreme Court dismisses the appeal of a federal appeals court ruling outlawing bus segregation in South Carolina. -
Mayor Gayle's Response to Bus Desegregation
Bus companies in more than a dozen southern cities stop the practice of segregated seating in response to the Supreme Court decision. The Montgomery mayor declares that city bus segregation will continue and the police threaten to arrest bus drivers who disobey segregation laws. -
Federal Ruling Againist Bus Segregation
Federal Judge's Rives and Johnson rule that city and state bus segregation laws are unconstitutional. -
Bus Boycott Ends
Black citizens desegregate Montgomery buses after the 13-month boycott.
The bus company resumes full service. -
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Response to Desegregation of Montgomey Bus Line
Someone fires into King's home.
A 15-year-old girl is attacked at a bus stop by five white men.
Rosa Jordan is shot in both legs while riding the Montgomery bus.
A sniper fires into another city bus. Four churches and two homes are bombed. Another bomb is found on the steps of the King's parsonage.
