Brenda Travis

Brenda Travis (b. 1945) is a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement whose imprisonment for protesting a segregated bus station and participation in a peaceful march in McComb, Mississippi in 1961 helped catalyze public sentiment against segregation.[1] [2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Brenda Travis". Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Digital Gateway. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. ↑ O'Brien, J. Randall (2003). "Remembering Brenda" (PDF). Huffington Post. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Peacock, Wazir. "Oral History/Interview: Brenda Travis". Civil Rights Movement Veterans. Tougaloo College. Retrieved 25 May 2017.


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