MIA and city leaders meet for two hours

January 9, 1956
MIA and city leaders meet for two hours

King and other leaders of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) meet with the city commission for two hours but resolve nothing. King speaks at an MIA mass meeting at Bethel Baptist Church.

January

1956

Major Events

January 3, 1956
Montgomery bus company recommends doubling of fares

January 11, 1956
Police Commissioner Sellers initiates investigation of bus boycott

January 12, 1956
MIA board prolongs boycott indefinitely

January 24, 1956
Mayor urges whites to stop driving black workers

January 27, 1956
King receives a threatening phone call

January 28, 1956
King fined for speeding

January 30, 1956
King’s house is bombed

January 31, 1956
King and four other leaders meet with Alabama governor.

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