the supreme court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional in 1954.
when did the supreme court rule that bus segregation was unconstitutional?
1954
edgar daniel nixon (july 12, 1899 – february 25, 1987), known as e. d. nixon, was an african-american civil rights leader and union organizer in alabama who played a crucial role in organizing the landmark montgomery bus boycott there in 1955. the boycott highlighted the issues of segregation in the south, was upheld for more than a year by black residents, and nearly brought the city-owned bus system to bankruptcy. it ended in december 1956, after the united states supreme court ruled in the related case, "browder v. gayle" (1956), that the local and state laws were unconstitutional, and ordered the state to end bus segregation.
e. d. nixon
colvin was one of five plaintiffs in the first federal court case filed by civil rights attorney fred gray on february 1, 1956, as "browder v. gayle", to challenge bus segregation in the city. she testified before the three-judge panel that heard the case in the united states district court. on june 13, 1956, the judges determined that the state and local laws requiring bus segregation in alabama were unconstitutional. the case went to the united states supreme court on appeal by the state, and it upheld the district court ruling on december 17, 1956. three days later, the supreme court affirmed the order to montgomery and the state of alabama to end bus segregation – the montgomery bus boycott was then called off.
claudette colvin