Brenda Travis

Overview

Brenda Travis born McComb, MS March 16, 1945. Civil rights activist; Joined SNCC, 1960. Arrested for walk-in, buying bus ticket and waiting for bus, 1961; jailed one month for trespassing. Arrested again when she tried to go back to school.

Quotations

“I knew I could not sit still and be silent. . . So I volunteered to go to jail.” (quote and photo: Civil Rights Movement Veterans)