Schedules of ride shares were created. Organizers asked cab drivers to charge Black residents the same fare as the bus, which was ten cents. Cab drivers agreed. Montgomery city officials couldn’t just let people exit the system of white supremacy and create a new societal structure. So they passed an ordinance saying that cab drivers had to charge no less than forty-five cents, and any driver who didn’t comply would be fined.[10] The MIA held meetings with city leaders, and the city refused their demands. So the boycott continued. Because 70 percent of the city’s bus riders were Black, the
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