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Eleven thousand attend Citizens’ Council rally
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Eleven thousand people attending a Citizens' Council rally in Montgomery cheer Mayor Gayle and Police Commissioner Sellers for their support of segregation on Montgomery buses.
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February 1, 1956
Gray files petition for Browder v. Gayle case
February 6, 1956
Students riot at the University of Alabama
February 13, 1956
Judge directs grand jury to determine if boycott is legal
February 20, 1956
Proposal does not meet MIA demands
February 22, 1956
Boycott leaders indicted and released on bail
February 23, 1956
King pleads guilty to speeding charge
February 24, 1956
MIA leaders plead not guilty to boycott-related charges
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