On this day in 1953, Martha White refused to give up her seat on a city bus in Baton Rouge, sparking a bus boycott.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today June 15, 2023 JUNE 15, 1953 More than two years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, Martha White refused to give up her seat on a city bus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Soon, another Black woman joined her. The bus driver threatened to arrest them, but when the Rev. T.J.
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