King is found guilty of violating the boycott conspiracy law and is sentenced to a $500 fine. February 13th 1956 A grand jury investigation is ordered by the Montgomery circuit judge to see whether the bus boycott violates a state boycott conspiracy law. December 13th 1955 MIA begins to operate a car pool system. December 8th 1955 A proposal about a bus seating policy that is fairer towards black people, but still segregated is made by the MIA spokesperson to the city and bus ompany officials ends in a deadlock. December 5th 1955 Rosa Parks is convicted and fined by the city court. A one-day boycott of the city buses has 90% of regular black riders staying off the buses. Martin Luther King Jr. is elected the president of the newly formed Montgomery Improvement Association. First MIA meeting is held at the Holt Street Baptist Church, where the several thousand black citizens who attend support the continuing of the bus boycott. December 21th 1956
Black citizens desegregate Montgomery buses after the 13-month boycott. The bus company resumes full service. November 14th 1956 By a unanimous vote, the bus boycott is voted to be ended at the next MIA meeting. April 24th 1956 Bus companies in more than a dozen Southern cities stop the practice of segregated seating in response to the Supreme Court decision. But the Montgomery mayor declares that city bus segregation will continue and the police threaten to arrest bus drivers who disobey segregation laws. 1956
The Term Paper on The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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