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Irene Amos Morgan (April 9, 1917 – August 10, 2007), later known as Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, was an African-American woman from Baltimore, Maryland, who was arrested in Middlesex County, Virginia, in 1944 under a state law imposing racial segregation in public facilities and transportation.
15 de set. de 2019 · Irene Morgan Kirkaldy (1917-2007) was a black woman who challenged racial segregation on interstate buses in 1944 and won a landmark case in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1946. She also earned college degrees in her later years and received several honors for her civil rights work.
Irene Morgan, a mulher negra que em 1944 negou-se a ceder seu assento a um branco em um ônibus, em Baltimore - e com este gesto mudou a história dos Estados Unidos - morreu na sexta-feira passada, aos 90 de idade. Na época, ela foi detida e condenada a uma multa de US$ 100,00.
Irene Morgan was a black woman who refused to give up her seat on an interstate bus to a white passenger in 1944. Her case went to the U.S. Supreme Court and set a precedent for challenging segregation laws.
13 de ago. de 2007 · Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, whose defiance of white supremacy while traveling through the Upper South in the summer of 1944 led to a Supreme Court decision outlawing segregated seating on interstate...
Irene Morgan was a Black woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1944 and challenged the racial segregation law in the Supreme Court. She won the case in 1946 and became a symbol of protest against Jim Crow laws.
Learn about the life and legacy of Irene Morgan-Kirkaldy, who challenged Virginia's Jim Crow laws on interstate buses in 1944 and won a landmark Supreme Court case. Discover how she inspired the Journey of Reconciliation and received the Presidential Citizens Medal.
