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| Biographies
- Montgomery Bus Boycott Pioneers |
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Mary Louise
Smith
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| Mary Louise
Smith Ware, one of two surviving plaitiffs in Browder v. Gayle
the landmark case to desegregate the Montgomery Bus System is
honored during an event at Hutchinson Missionary Baptist Church
paying homage to the women behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Sunday February 1, 2003. David Alan Planchet Advertiser |
Famous
as one of the women who refused to give up their seats before Rosa
Parks. Smith was 18 years old when she was arrested. It has
been reported that he NAACP rejected her as a defendant in their
test case because her father was rumored to be an alcoholic. Smith,
along with Claudette Colvin, also testified
in the famous Browder v. Gayle
case to desegregate city buses
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