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Remembering Bruce Carver Boynton, anti-segregation fighter and Freedom Ride inspiration
December 21, 2020
2:19 PM CDT
By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II And Elliott Smith
At left, Bruce Carver Boynton in a recent photo. At right, an NAACP 'Freedom Bus' in 1961. | AP and Florida State Archives
On Dec. 20, 1958, exactly 62 years ago, a young law student on his way home for the holiday break was on the brink of setting the country one step forward towards racial equality. His arrest on misdemeanor charges in a racially charged case resulted two years later in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in public transportation. Bruce Carver Boynton, the student and plaintiff in