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Bus company cuts service to black districts
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Montgomery City Lines announces that it will cut bus service to "most Negro districts" effective at 6 p.m. on 10 December.
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Major Events
December 1, 1955
Rosa Parks is arrested
December 2, 1955
Women’s Political Council calls for bus boycott in Montgomery
December 5, 1955
Montgomery Improvement Association takes shape to coordinate boycott
December 9, 1955
Bus company cuts service to black districts
December 12, 1955
Leaders announce carpool; boycott compared to Gandhian movement
December 17, 1955
King and other MIA representatives meet with white leaders
December 30, 1955
Montgomery mayor urges citizens to ride buses
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