On November 25, 1955, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) issued an order banning racial segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals, following a complaint filed by Sarah Keys, a Black Army private who had been forced to give up her seat on a bus in 1952. The case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company, challenged the “separate but equal” doctrine in interstate travel.
This landmark decision was influenced by the legal strategy of the NAACP and was a precursor to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which began just days later in December 1955. The ruling represented a significant legal victory in the struggle against Jim Crow laws and segregation in public transportation.
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