Farewell to a lawyer whose work changed our world.
Montgomery (AL) Advertiser: Editorial: Langford crucial to bus boycott
[H]e was best known as one of the attorneys for Rosa Parks and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Montgomery Bus Boycott that began in 1955.
Langford assisted another young black lawyer, Fred Gray, in representing Parks during her trial and appeal for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus.
Langford and Gray also represented King and about 90 other Montgomerians when they were accused of violating the state's anti-boycott law.
Langford also was one of the team of attorneys who filed the Browder vs. Gayle lawsuit that ultimately resulted in Montgomery's segregated bus system being declared unconstitutional. The ruling ended the bus boycott after 381 days and served as a major step toward ending racial discrimination in public transportation nationally.
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