Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company challenged the “separate but equal” doctrine in interstate bus travel and predated the activism of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott. In November 1955 the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that racial segregation on interstate buses constituted unlawful discrimination. The decision, though unevenly enforced, helped lay the legal groundwork for later civil rights actions such as the Freedom Rides.
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