Legal Opinion
Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development v. Target Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 2016No. 15-10880PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judge:
It was December 1, 1955. Although more than a year had passed since the Supreme Court issued Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686, 98 L.Ed. 873 (1954), invalidating Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 16 S.Ct. 1138, 41 L.Ed. 256 (1896), and its separate-but-equal doctrine, change was slow to arrive in Alabama.
Rosa Parks had had enough. After a long day of work, she boarded the bus in downtown Montgomery and took a seat. 1 Once the bus filled up, some white men boarded and could find no seats. Id. at 88. So the bus driver demanded that Parks…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Commissioner v. Estate of BoschSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by15 opinions
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