As recounted by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his memoir Stride Towards Freedom, the boycotters in Montgomery initially refused to ride city buses “until (1) courteous treatment by the bus operators was guaranteed; (2) passengers were seated on a first-come, first-served basis – Negroes seating from the back of the bus toward the front while whites seated from the front toward the back; (3) Negro bus operators were employed on predominantly Negro routes (more employment of African-American drivers).” However, during the campaign, the goals shifted to completely eradicating segregation on city buses altogether. ("African Americans Boycott Buses for Integration in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S., 1955-1956." Global Nonviolent Action Database. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2014. <http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/african-americans-boycott-buses-integration-montgomery-alabama-us-1955-1956>. Lines 1-6)