appeared at the 1961 peaceful high school walkout that led to arrests and disciplinary action; she participated in the bus station protest where she attempted to buy a bus ticket designated for White passengers and detained briefly at Oakley Training School before being released with support from SNCC and Ella Baker. From McComb, Mississippi, she studied in North Carolina, and Connecticut, and California. Her activism helped catalyze public sentiment against segregation.
Wow, she’s Black, she’s beautiful, plus she’s….oh wait, do I know this lady? Was she a former teacher, college classmate or, I hesitate to ask, a distant relative? Those were the questions that darted through my mind when, during my research for something for African American History Month, I came across a picture of […]
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kids.kiddle.coA significant loss has been felt in the community of McComb, Mississippi, with the passing of local civil rights activist Brenda Travis at the age of 81.
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