Boynton v. Virginia

Boynton v. Virginia was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed racial segregation in public transportation. Bruce Boynton, an African American man, was arrested for refusing to leave a segregated bus station's "whites only" restaurant in Virginia. The Court ruled that segregation in interstate travel violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Interstate Commerce Clause of the Constitution. This landmark decision reinforced the legal unacceptability of discrimination in public facilities and contributed to the civil rights movement, affirming that racial segregation was unconstitutional in such contexts.