<aside> 🚨 Wiki: Boynton v. Virginia, 364 U.S. 454, was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court. The case overturned a judgment convicting an African American law student for trespassing by being in a restaurant in a bus terminal which was "whites only”.

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This ruling signalled the support of the supreme court for the desegregation of Public transport. However, whether this ruling would be enforced by the federal government was uncertain which catalysed the Freedom Rides, Looking to pressure the federal government into actively intervening upholding the federal ruling.