Supreme Court Ends Bus Segregation: Montgomery Boycott Wins
The Supreme Court struck down Alabama's bus segregation laws, mandating the immediate desegregation of public transit in Montgomery and validating over a year of nonviolent protest. This ruling dismantled legal barriers to equality on Southern buses, setting a direct precedent that accelerated the broader civil rights movement across the nation.
November 13, 1956
70 years ago
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Browder v. Gayle
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Zucht v. King
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Apartheid
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