This event was threatened when U.J. Fields resigned and accused its leaders of corruption.
This event was threatened when U.J. Fields resigned and accused its leaders of corruption. Oneleader of this action phoned T.J. Jemison a few days after it began to ask about a similar event thathad taken place in Baton Rouge. Minneapolis Tribune reporter Carl Rowan uncovered a ploy to stopthis event by leaking rumors of its demise. It ended when the Supreme Court affirmed the ruling ofBrowder v. Gayle. This event was supported by the "National Deliverance Day of Prayer," and oneattempt to end it involved fining (*) taxi drivers who charged under forty five cents a fare. The SCLCwas founded a month after this event ended, and it lasted 381 days despite bombings of E.D. Nixon andMartin Luther King. For 10 points, the arrest of Rosa Parks prompted what event which sought to endsegregation on the public transportation system of an Alabama city?
This event was threatened when U.J. Fields resigned and accused its leaders of corruption.
Montgomery Bus Boycott