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Rosa Parks gets arrested
Rosa Parks got arrested for refusing to move from her seat on the bus. -
People start encouraging each other to boycott buses
People start boycotting buses. This is how the Montgomery Bus Boycott starts to form. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
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MIA and Montgomery City Commission
The MIA (Montgomery Improvement Association) negotiate to end the boycott but doesn't work out. -
KKK bombs MLK's house
The KKK bombs Martin Luther King Jr.'s house. His wife and baby were in the house but didn't get hurt. -
Black Community leaders get charged
115 black community leaders get charged. -
Bus segregation is illegal
The federal court rules that bus segregation in Alabama is illegal. -
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court rules that bus segregation is illegal in Alabama -
Boycott ends
