Local Civil Rights Activist Brenda Travis Passes Away at 81 - SSBCrack News
A significant loss has been felt in the community of McComb, Mississippi, with the passing of local civil rights activist Brenda Travis at the age of 81.
news.ssbcrack.comwas seen at the 1961 peaceful high school walkout that led to arrests and expulsion; she participated in the bus segregation protest where she tried to purchase a ticket marked for White riders and was detained at Oakley facility before release with backing from SNCC and Ella Baker. A native of McComb, Mississippi, she studied in North Carolina, and Connecticut, and California. Her activism helped catalyze public sentiment against segregation.