But in November 1956 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ruling of a federal three-judge panel in Browder v. Gayle that declared segregation of public buses unconstitutional. When this decision was implemented just before Christmas 1956, allowing blacks to sit anywhere they chose on buses in Montgomery, white vigilantes unleashed a wave of violence, tossing dynamite into the homes of civil rights leaders and blowing up their churches. King’s home was hit by a drive-by shotgun blast. Integrated buses were struck by gunfire; a pregnant woman was grievously injured in both legs while riding in a
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States' rights at its finest -_-
