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Women's Political Council meets w/ Mayor Gale
Talked about changes regarding the busses and rules /systems -
Claudette Colvin
Claudette Colvin was arrested because she refused to give her seat up to a white women. -
Meeting with city officials
Different "black leaders" met with city officials to discuss bus seating requirements. MLK
and Rosa Parks attended this. -
Mary Louis Smith Arrest
Arrested for refusing to give up seat to a white women -
Rosa Parks arrested
Rosa Parks was arrested which drew attention to many people. -
Montgomery Improvement Association
The MIA is created and MLK is elected for president. They push to extend the boycott. Throughout 1995 they did different things to help like issue a carpool for citizens taking part in the boycott, and tried to issue a list of demands that was denied. -
The start of the bus boycott
WPC called for a one day boycott. More people than predicted ended up showing up to the boycott. -
Boycott Leaders
There were over 80 boycott leaders indicted by Alabama's anti-conspiracy laws. Dr. King had to pay $500 or serve 386 days in jail. -
Unconstitutional
Federal district court rules bus segregation is unconstitutional. -
Home Bombings
Dr. King's home is bombed, which results in him calling for peaceful protest. Not too long after that Nixon's home is bombed. -
Ending of the boycott
The Supreme Court ends segregation on the city busses and the boycott officially comes to an end. -
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upholds the ruling, strikes down laws requiring segregation on busses. The MIA agrees to end the boycott when desegregation is implemented.