Week 6 Skills Activity: Timeline

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  • Segregation becomes part of the city code in Montgomery, Alabama.

  • The Scottsboro boys are accused

    Nine african american teenagers nicknamed the "Scottsboro boys" are wrongfully accused of raping two White women in Montgomery, Alabama. Their arrest sparked outrage for the case's lack of due process, which further exacerbated the racial tensions in the region and inspired Rosa Parks to become more engaged with the civil rights movement.

  • Rosa Parks marries local civil rights activist Raymond Parks.

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat.

    Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up to a white bus rider and was arrested and fined ten dollars.

  • The Montgomery Improvement Association was formed four days after the arrest of Rosa Parks.

    Martin Luther King Junior was appointed as the leader of the MIA.

  • The one day Montgomery bus boycott occurs.

    The MIA organized the boycott as a form of protest following the arrest of Rosa Parks.

  • The Montgomery bus boycott begins.

    The MIA launched a sustained boycott that aimed to end the segregation of local transportation. The boycott officially began, and African Americans chose alternative means of transport with a heavy reliance on collective support from the African-American community of Alabama.

  • Legal battles began following the bus boycott.

    The MIA and local activists, such as Martin Luther King Jr., filed a federal lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of segregation on public buses.

  • Court Ruling

    The United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama declared racial segregation on Montgomery buses unconstitutional. This verdict would later be appealed and sent to the Supreme Court.

  • Supreme court ruling

    The Supreme Court officially upheld the Alabama district court's decision, deeming the racial segregation of public buses unconstitutional. This decision was a significant win for the Civil Rights Movement.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott ends.

    Following the Supreme Court's decision, the bus strike was a success. African Americans resumed riding integrated buses.