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Police Commissioner Sellers initiates investigation of bus boycott
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At the request of Circuit Solicitor William F. Thetford, Police Commissioner Sellers initiates an investigation of the Montgomery movement.
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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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