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 >reply off-list to [log in to unmask], and thank you all for >the help as always. > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html