Civil Rights Pioneer Martha White Who Inspired 1953 Baton Rouge Boycott Dies at 99
“Martha White undoubtedly shaped our community in Baton Rouge, and communities across our nation,” Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome said in a statement Monday, June 7, according to the Associated Press. “We honor her legacy today and every day.”
Ted Jemison, the son of the Rev. T.J. Jemison, remembered White asking him — referring White’s refusal to move from her seat — ” ‘Can you imagine working on your feet all day and just wanting to sit down?’ ”
“She was the same way from when she was young to when she was 90 years old,” he stated. “She knew that what she did was for the good of everyone in Baton Rouge.”
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