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Mary Louise Ware (née Smith; born 1937) is an African-American civil rights activist.She was arrested in October 1955 at the age of 18 in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat on the segregated bus system.
Among the speakers were Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who had led the 1955–1956 Montgomery bus boycott, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, and James Farmer. Outside, a mob of more than 3,000 white people attacked the black attendees, with a handful of the United States Marshals Service protecting the church from assault and fire bombs. With city and ...
More than 30 people were injured, including six policemen who were shot, and two civilians, including a pregnant teenager, were killed by stray gunfire. [6] 2 30+ July 31, 1966 Racial White residents attacked 550 civil rights protesters who marched into their neighborhood. [7] 0 54 August 5, 1966 Racial, housing
The police officers and firefighter were responding to reports of a truck fire in Arlington Heights, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, around 4 p.m. Friday and assessing the scene ...
The suspects, identified as Devon Glass, 24, Nigah Threets, 23, Jayda Boatman, 22, and Jaylen Sprouts, 20, were arrested on Tuesday after allegedly robbing a 32-year-old woman on the Southwest Side.
CHICAGO — People are arriving here now, too, by the busload. Hundreds of refugees, rejected by Texas and plopped on buses under the orders of Gov. Greg Abbott, have arrived in recent days in ...
Carolina Coach banning "Jim Crow laws" in bus travel among the states, is a landmark in outlawing "Jim Crow" in bus travel. The Browder case was brought and won by noted civil rights attorney Fred Gray. December 20 – Federal marshals enforce the ruling to desegregate bus systems in Montgomery.
Arlington Heights Fire Department personnel “aggressively attacked and contained the fire,” before a heavy-duty wrecker arrived at 7:15 p.m. to remove the garbage truck, per the police.