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December 20th

1 event recorded on The Ledger.

  1. 1956
    The Rise

    Montgomery Bus Boycott ends

    After 381 days, Montgomery's Black riders return to integrated buses. The U.S. Supreme Court's November decision in Browder v. Gayle, argued by Fred Gray, has affirmed that Alabama and Montgomery bus segregation violates the 14th Amendment. Martin Luther King Jr., E.D. Nixon, and Glenn Smiley board together.

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