The U.S. Supreme Court ( Chief Justice Earl Warren), rules on November 13, 1956, hat racial segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. The decision effectively ends the year-long Montgomery Bus Boycott that began with Rosa Parks' arrest. The official order to desegregate the Montgomery buses was delivered on December 20.
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