History glossary
Browder vs Gayle
the court case that overturned Montgomery bus segregation in 1956.
- Category
- Civil rights
- Region
- United States
- Date range
- 1954–1968
What it means
Black women including Aurelia Browder and Claudette Colvin challenged bus segregation in federal court. The Supreme Court upheld the ruling against segregation, and the boycott ended when the order reached Montgomery in December 1956.
