in the case of Gilmore won the case on the basis that the ban was unconstitutional according to the Fourteenth Amendment. The court ruled against Montgomery's policy of segregated parks. The city initially responded by closing the public parks in defiance of the court case. 1974 In 1971, the case was reopened for continued litigation and argued to the Supreme Court. The City of Montgomery had reopened the public parks and recreational facilities in the early 1970s. The city had allowed private schools and the YMCA, which were still segregated, sole use of public parks and recreational facilities. Gilmore won the second case in 1974 on the basis that taxpayer’s dollars were being used to fund the use of these public spaces by white-only private school’s athletic programs. Aftermath In May 1961, the Freedom Riders arrived at the Greyhound Station in Montgomery, Alabama. A mob attacked the young protestors, which resulted in several injuries. Georgia Gilmore sheltered several of these injured at her home until it was safe for them to leave. Gilmore also participated in the Eyes on the Prize documentary and her famous recipes still appear in cookbooks. Georgia Gilmore died on March 7, 1990, while making food for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March. References External links “America, They Loved You Madly; Interview with Georgia Teresa Gilmore,” a precursor to Eyes on the Prize; American Archive of Public Broadcasting "Interview with Georgia Gilmore" discussing Montgomery Bus Boycott and Rosa Parks for Eyes on the Prize Documentary. Directed by Black side Inc. at Washington University in St. Louis Marshall, Sylvia. "Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott," 1920 births 1990 deaths Activists from Montgomery, Alabama American civil rights activists Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery bus boycott NAACP activists Civil rights in the United States Women's clubs