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# The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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## Legal Victories
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### Browder vs Gayle
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This was the specific lawsuit created by 5 women who were mistreated on buses to try and stop the city's segregation laws directly. The Supreme Court eventually declared bus segregation unconstitutional, officially ending the 381-day boycott
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### Brown vs Board of Education
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This case ruled that "separate but equal" schools were unequal and unconstitutional in public schools. It was used to argue that segregation should also be illegal on public transport |