In my search for something new in Black History month, I came across
someone who may fit your need.

Irene Morgan, who lived and still lives in Gloucester was the first to
bring a suit on seating laws for buses that traveled interstate. She was on
her way to Baltimore to see a specialist following a miscarriage, when she
was turned out of her seat by a healthy white couple. She objected, fought
arrest, and was fined $10 for her crime. She appealed and the
Supreme  Court heard her case and agreed it was unlawful. There were some
freedom rides associated with her case. The Supreme Court case is titled
Morgan vs Virginia, about 1947. I found this information with a google
search on Irene Morgan, which includes her tale on a Jim Crow site, and a
Richmond Times Dispatch story of her when she received an award from Bill
Clinton for her efforts a few years ago.

As of the time of the award, Irene Morgan was still living. She would be
about in her late eighties now, so if she is alive, you may want someone to
get to her quickly in order to get any personal insights.

       Hope this helps,

                      Anne

At 12:41 AM 7/8/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello Listers,
>
>As part of a new course on the Civil Rights movement in
>Virginia I am teaching this fall, I plan to have some
>of my students do oral histories of individuals
>involved in different aspects (and from different areas
>of the commonwealth) of the civil rights movement in
>Virginia.  I am writing to ask list members for
>information regarding movement veterans who might like
>to take part in this project, especially helpful will
>be those who are known to be alive and living in
>Virginia (or nearby).  Contact information or ideas are
>also greatly appreciated and will be kept
>confidential.  I have begun compiling a list of
>activists from my original research and would like to
>correlate/complement/expand this list based on your
>responses.  To avoid cluttering up the list, please
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