Bruce Boynton was an African American law student

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Bruce Boynton was an African American law student whose refusal to leave a segregated bus terminal restaurant led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Boynton v. Virginia, advancing civil rights and desegregation in interstate travel.

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instanceOf African American ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
law student ⓘ
person ⓘ
plaintiff ⓘ
areaOfActivity interstate transportation civil rights ⓘ
associatedWith Boynton v. Virginia ⓘ
interstate bus travel desegregation ⓘ
cause civil rights ⓘ
desegregation of interstate travel facilities ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
fullName Bruce Boynton ⓘ
hasRole plaintiff in a U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
inspired Freedom Riders and similar desegregation efforts ⓘ
later civil rights actions in interstate travel ⓘ
legalBasisOfCase challenge to racial segregation under federal law ⓘ
legalCase Boynton v. Virginia ⓘ
legalImpact advanced civil rights in interstate travel ⓘ
contributed to desegregation of bus terminal facilities ⓘ
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableFor being the plaintiff in Boynton v. Virginia ⓘ
refusing to leave a segregated bus terminal restaurant ⓘ
occupation law student ⓘ
reasonForArrest remaining in a segregated bus terminal restaurant ⓘ
relatedCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
significantEvent arrest for trespassing in a segregated bus terminal restaurant ⓘ
refusal to leave a whites-only restaurant in a bus terminal ⓘ
typeOfDiscriminationChallenged racial segregation in public accommodations ⓘ

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Boynton v. Virginia → partyRole → Bruce Boynton was an African American law student ⓘ