Little trouble marks end of Montgomery bus segregation

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MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 22, 1956 (INS) - Only one case of physical violence and a few muttered threats marked the end of enforced racial segregation on the buses in Montgomery. Negroes ended their boycott and rode the buses for the first time in a year Friday following a U.S. Supreme Court order banning segregated seating on the city transit system. Advised by their leaders "not to be arrogant," they took seats from the center of the buses to the rear, while during the rush hour white passengers

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