
Irene Morgan
Civil
rights pioneer dies at the age of
90. In 1944 Irene Morgan
refused to give up her bus seat to white
passengers more than a decade before
Rosa Parks. Her action resulted in
the 6-1 landmark U.S. Supreme Court
decision that Virginia's law enforcing
segregation on interstate buses was
illegal... more
Presidential Citizens Medal.
Morgan v.
Commonwealth of
Virginia