She was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white couple on a crowded Virginia bus one hot July day in 1944, 11 years before Rosa Parks.She inspired the first Freedom Ride to demonstrate against racism.
She inspired Thurgood Marshall to successfully fight Jim Crow laws in the Supreme Court - where he would one day serve as the first black Justice.
She also inspired others to be the best human beings they could be. And really, isn't that what it's all about?
- Farmer Ted
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