, ▁the ▁decision ▁that ▁ended ▁seg reg ation ▁on ▁Mont gom ery ▁bus es , ▁was ▁u ph eld ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 3 , ▁AC M HR ▁leaders ▁pet ition ed ▁the ▁city ▁to ▁repe al ▁the ▁ordin ances ▁requiring ▁seg reg ated ▁bus es ▁in ▁B irmingham . ▁When ▁the ▁city ▁refused , ▁Sh utt les worth ▁organized ▁a ▁display ▁of ▁peace ful ▁civil ▁dis ob ed ience ▁in ▁which ▁hundreds ▁of ▁African ▁Americans ▁board ed ▁bus es ▁and ▁sat ▁in ▁" Wh ites ▁only " ▁seats . ▁On ▁December ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁the ▁night ▁before ▁the ▁protest , ▁Sh utt les worth ' s ▁house ▁was ▁bom bed , ▁bl ast ing ▁him ▁into ▁the ▁bas ement ▁where ▁he ▁land ed , ▁still ▁on ▁his ▁mat tr ess . ▁The ▁fact ▁that ▁he ▁emer ged ▁relatively ▁un sc athed ▁left ▁Sh utt les worth ▁convinced ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁ord ained ▁to ▁lead ▁and ▁contributed ▁to ▁his ▁attitude ▁of ▁fear less ness . ▁The ▁demonstr ation ▁went ▁on ▁as ▁planned ▁and ▁resulted ▁in ▁ 2 2 ▁arr ests , ▁which ▁in ▁turn ▁triggered ▁AC M HR ▁law su its ▁asking ▁for ▁an ▁inj unction . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁the ▁AC M HR ▁signed ▁on ▁as ▁a ▁char ter ▁member ▁organization ▁in ▁the ▁Southern ▁Christian ▁Le ad ership ▁Conference . ▁Sh utt les worth ▁was ▁named ▁secretary ▁of ▁the ▁S CLC . ▁The ▁next ▁month ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁wife ,