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Article reports MIA will consider ending boycott; King denies rumor

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February 8, 1956

In a Montgomery Advertiser article, “Group to Study Possibility of Ending Boycott of Buses,” which reported that the MIA executive board will consider ending the boycott, King says that any recommendations agreed upon by the board would be voted on by a full meeting of the MIA at the next mass meeting.

The MIA executive board meets. King denies that the meeting had been called to discuss the end of the boycott.