Mae Francis Moultrie

Overview

Mae Francis Moultrie Howard born Dillon, SC May 18, 1936 (d. 2010). Educator; ordained minister. Civil rights activist. Freedom Rider; treated for smoke inhalation after KKK firebombing of Greyhound bus, Anniston, AL, 1961.

Quotations

“I am fed up with this. . . We have tried Litigation, Non Violent Protests, and pleading to the government and all it has brought us is threats, injury, and arrest. We must keep riding to get rid of this unjust racism!!!” (May 16, 1961; photo WGBH Freedom Riders)