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Montgomery Bus Boycott
History of USA
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| | 1955 | King, Martin Luther | |
| Montgomery The boycott lasts for 381 days, the situation becoming so tense that King's house is bombed, King is arrested during this campaign, which ends with a United States Supreme Court decision outlawing racial segregation on all public transport. |
| 1st Dec Montgomery The Montgomery Bus Boycott, urged and planned by ED Nixon (head of the Montgomery NAACP chapter and a member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and led by Martin Luther King follows Rosa Parks ' arrest |
| 1955 | Parks, Rosa | |
| 1st Dec The Montgomery Bus Boycott, urged and planned by ED Nixon (head of the Montgomery NAACP chapter and a member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and led by Martin Luther King follows Rosa Parks ' arrest |
| 1956 | King, Martin Luther | |
| Montgomery The US. Supreme Court ruling prompts Montgomery to desegregate buses |
| 1958 | King, Martin Luther | |
| Montgomery Writes "Stride Toward Freedom", about the bus boycott |
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