Marshall asks Justice Hugo Black to expedite Supreme Court order

November 17, 1956
Marshall asks Justice Hugo Black to expedite Supreme Court order

Thurgood Marshall and three other attorneys ask Supreme Court justice Hugo Black to hasten delivery of the mandate implementing the Supreme Court's 13 November 1956 decision ruling bus segregation laws unconsitutional. On 19 November, Black refuses to expedite the Supreme Court order.

November

1956

Major Events

November 1, 1956
Boycott leaders petition District Court to block injunction

November 2, 1956
MIA petition refused

November 4, 1956
King preaches at Dexter

November 14, 1956
Carpool injunction upheld, boycott voted to continue until court mandate arrives

November 15, 1956
U.S. Supreme Court rules that bus segregation laws are unconstitutional

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