Week 6 Timeline

By DanielleMac

  • WCP

    In March, the event that happened prior to the boycott starting The Women's Political Council (WPC) meets with Montgomery mayor W. A. Gayle to outline their recommended changes for the Montgomery bus system. Trying to change things without causing a movement

  • Claudette Colvin

    Arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white women.

  • Marie Louise Smith

    Was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white women

  • Rosa Parks

    Arrested for not giving up her seat

  • WCP

    The start of the boycott WCP called for a one day bus boycott on December 5th

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The start to the Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • Carpool

    A carpool was started to help the citizens in the boycott

  • Martin Luther King Jr

    Martin Luther King Jr. house was bombed

  • N. E. Nixon

    Nixon's house was bombed

  • Federal District Court

    They ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional

  • The end of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

    This was the end of the boycott, segregation on public buses was ruled unconstitutional

  • MIA

    MIA issued a list of remands and the city denied the request.