218 Notes to Pages 128–133 February 7, 1956, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 3: 127–28). Donald Ferron, “Report on MIA Mass Meeting,” February 27, 1956, in Burns, ed., Daybreak of Freedom, 174. 29. In February, nearby Tuscaloosa played host to a showdown over the court-ordered integration of the University of Alabama. Autherine Lucy, in a case argued by the NAACP attorney Thurgood Marshall, had won admis- sion to the school leading the university to admit her as the school’s first black student on February 3. Peaceful protests soon gave way to rioting in the city. A few days later, the board of trustees decided Lucy could no longer attend classes out of concern for her own safety, and eventually the school suspended her. Montgomery residents committed to resisting racial change were undoubtedly emboldened by this reactionary course of action by Uni- versity of Alabama officials (Burns, ed., Daybreak of Freedom, 43). An edito- rial in the February 7, 1956, Tuscaloosa News concluded: “Yes, there’s peace on the University campus this morning. But what a price has been paid for it!” King, “When Peace Becomes Obnoxious,” March 18, 1956, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 6: 257–59. 30. King, “When Peace Becomes Obnoxious,” March 18, 1956, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 6: 257–59. King repeated the story of his encoun- ter with a white Montgomery resident in Stride toward Freedom, 40. 31. “Testimony in State of Alabama v. M.L. King, Jr.,” March 22, 1956, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 3: 183–97. For further testimony from the trial, see Burns, ed., Daybreak of Freedom, 59–73. 32. King Jr., “Reactions to Conviction,” March 22, 1956, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 3: 198–99; King Jr., “Address to MIA Mass Meet- ing at Holt Street Baptist Church,” March 22, 1956, ibid., 3: 199–201. 33. King Jr., interview by Azbell. 34. Reverend Thomas R. Thrasher, “Alabama’s Boycott,” March 1956, in Garrow, ed., The Walking City, 59–67. 35. Introduction to vol. 3 of Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 3: 46; King Jr., “Address to MIA Mass Meeting at Day Street Baptist Church,” April 26, 1956, ibid., 3: 230–32; King Jr., “Fleeing from God,” April 29, 1956, ibid., 6: 259–61. See also Art Carter, “Rev. King is ‘King’ in Montg’ry,” Baltimore Afro-American, May 12, 1956. 36. Almena Lomax, “Mother’s Day in Montgomery,” Los Angeles Tri- bune, May 18, 1956, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 3: 263–67. 37. “Recommendations to MIA Executive Board,” May 1956, ibid., 3: 271–73. 38. On April 25, 1956, National City Lines informed the MIA that they would be unable to guarantee the hiring of African American bus drivers due