Montgomery Bus Boycott By isntitclassic 1909 NAACP is formed W. E. B. Dubois and others form the civil rights organization, the NAACP. 1955 Claudette Colvin refuses to give up her seat on a bus 1955 Aurelia Browder is arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus 1955 Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott begins 1955 Martin Luther King Jr. is elected to president of the Montgomery Improvement Association 1956 Injuctions are obtained, and Martin Luther King Jr. is indicted or the bus boycott 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott ends 1956 Martin Luther King Jr.s home is bombed 1956 Martin Luther King, Jr. is convicted and fined for his participation in the bus boycott 1956 Browder v. Gayle ruling find that bus segregation is unconstitutional