On December 5, 1955, after a Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks refused to comply with Montgomery's segregation policy on buses, the Black residents launched a bus boycott and elected King president of the newly-formed Montgomery Improvement Association. ... The roots of the bus boycott in Montgomery began years before Rosa Parks' arrest. ... Robinson and the WPC responded by calling for a one-day protest of the city's buses on December 5. ... She agreed, and on December 5, 90% of Montgomery's Blacks stayed off the buses. ... A national news service covered the story of t...

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On Thursday, December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Birmingham bus, setting off a chain of events that catapulted King to world fame. Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to abide by one of Montgomery's laws requiring segregated seating on city buses. ... On December 21, 1956, the integration of Montgomery city buses became mandatory. ... From 1960 to 1962 King and the SCLC renewed their direction action against segregation at the voting booth, at schools, at lunch counters, and at bus stations. ... On February 1, 1960, four students from North Carolina Agri...

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• Grade Level: High School