Mary Louise Smith
Mary Louise Smith b. 1937 civil rights activist arrested at the age of 18 in 1955 before Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat on the bus.
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E.D. Nixon
E.D. Nixon 1899 – 1987 civil rights activist and organizer of Montgomery Bus boycott.
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Susie McDonald plaintiff in school desegregation case, arrested in 1955, she was in her 70s. Also known as “Miss Sue”.
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Sarah Keys in 1952 was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus. Plaintiff in subsequent lawsuit ruling segregation in interstate commerce illegal.
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Aurelia Browder 1919 – 1971 civil rights activist.
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Association of African American Museums
Association of African American Museums is a collection of 300 Black Museums in the United States.
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National Museum of African American Music NMAAM scheduled time open in Nashville, Tennessee Labor Day 2020.
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National Black Deaf Advocates is a non-profit advocacy organization.
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Irene Morgan 1917 – 2007. In 1944 arrested and convicted in Virginia for refusing to give up her seat in the “white section” of the bus. The case was appealed to the United States Supreme Court and the law ruled unconstitutional but was not enforced in Virginia.
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