13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama

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13th November 2020

13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama

The United States Supreme Court upheld the District Court’s ruling in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses and transportation in Alabama was illegal.

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# Civil Rights
#Law
#Montgomery Bus Boycott
#Racism
#Supreme Court
#Transport
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13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama

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