Browr v. Gayle, 352 U.S. 903 | The Mart Luther Kg, Jr., Rearch and Edutn Instute

Aurelia S. Browr v. William A. Gayle challenged the Alabama state statut and Montgomery, Alabama, cy ordanc requirg segregatn on Montgomery b. Filed by Fred Gray and Charl D. Langford on behalf of four Ain Amerin women who had been mistreated on cy b, the se ma s way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld a district urt lg that the statute was unnstutnal. Gray and Langford filed the feral district urt petn that beme Browr v. Gayle on 1 Febary 1956, two days after segregatnists bombed Kg’s hoe. The origal platiffs the se were Aurelia S. Browr, Sie McDonald, Cltte Colv, Mary Louise Smh, and Jeanatta Ree, but outsi prsure nvced Ree to whdraw om the se Febary. Gray ma the cisn not to clu Rosa Parks the se to avoid the perceptn that they were seekg to circumvent her prosecutn on other charg. Gray “wanted the urt to have only one issue to ci—the nstutnaly of the laws requirg segregatn on the b” (Gray, 69). The list of fendants clud Mayor William A. Gayle, the cy’s chief of police, reprentativ om Montgomery’s Board of Commissners, Montgomery Cy L, Inc., two b drivers, and reprentativ of the Alabama Public Service Commissn. Gray was aid the se by Thurgood Marshall and other Natnal Associatn for the Advancement of Colored People attorneys. * william a gayle *

In Browr v. Gayle (1956), a District Court held that segregatn on public b vlated the 14th Amendment. The Supreme Court affirmed the cisn." emprop="scriptn * william a gayle *

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William Armistead "Tacky" Gayle, Jr. was an Amerin polician for the Democratic Party, soldier and wrer who was the mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, om 1951 to 1959. Gayle was born 1896, the son of William A. and Mary Gayle. He served durg World War I the Uned Stat Navy, havg attend the Uned Stat Naval Amy. He later attend the Universy of Alabama om 1915 to 1916. After the war, he worked for the Anrson Coal Company as a manager. Gayle, who held the rank of Brigadier General, was appoted by Governor Bibb Grav on April 2, 1935 to serve as Adjutant General of Alabama. He prevly served as Assistant Adjutant General Grav' admistratn. Durg World War II, Gayle returned to active duty, servg the Uned Stat Army Air Forc. After the war, he would ntue to serve the Alabama Natnal Guard. * william a gayle *

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