Two black ministers who were active in the long boycott of segregated buses were among the first to ride, December 21, 1956, after the Supreme Court's integration order went into effect in Montgomery, Ala. At left, front seat, is the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy. At left, second seat, is the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and at the right is a white minister, the Rev. Glenn Smiley of New York, who said he was in Montgomery as an observer. The woman is unidentified. (AP Photo)