Montgomery Bus Boycott

By livdimichele

  • Affair 8

    The MIA issues a formal list of demands. The city refuses to comply.

  • Affair 1

    Affair 1
    The Women's Political Council (WPC) meets with Montgomery mayor W. A. Gayle to outline their recommended changes for the Montgomery bus system.

  • Affair 2

    Claudette Colvin arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman.

  • Affair 3

    Black leaders in Montgomery, including E. D. Nixon, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr., meet with city officials to discuss bus seating requirements.

  • Affair 5

    Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger.

  • Affair 6

    Affair 6
    The WPC calls for a one-day bus boycott on December 5.

  • Affair 7

    Instead of the expected 60% turnout, an estimated 90%-100% of the black community in Montgomery choose to participate in the boycott. Black leaders meet to discuss the possibility of extending the boycott. The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) is created at this meeting, and Dr. King elected its president. The MIA votes to extend the boycott.

  • Affair 4

    Mary Louise Smith arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman.

  • Affair 9

    The MIA implements a carpool system to support citizens taking part in the boycott.

  • Affair 10

    Dr. King's home is bombed. In response, Dr. King calls for peaceful protest rather than violent action.

  • Affair 12

    Over 80 boycott leaders are indicted by the city under Alabama's anti-conspiracy laws.

  • Affair 14

    A federal district court rules that bus segregation is unconstitutional.

  • Affair 11

    Affair 11
    E. D. Nixon's home is bombed.

  • Affair 13

    Dr. King is indicted as a leader of the boycott and ordered to pay $500 or serve 386 days in jail.

  • Affair 15

    The Supreme Court upholds the district court ruling, and strikes down laws requiring racial segregation on buses. The MIA resolves to end the boycott only when the order to desegregate is officially implemented.

  • Affair 16

    Affair 16
    The Supreme Court's orders of injustice against segregation on city buses are delivered to the Montgomery City Hall.

  • Affair 17

    Montgomery's buses are officially desegregated. The MIA ends the boycott.