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.

2020年3月2日 · Mary Louise Smith-Ware, a plaintiff in the Browder vs. Gayle case that led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, stands beside the Rosa Parks statue after its unveiling event in downtown...

Mary Louise Smith (October 6, 1914 – August 22, 1997), a U.S. political organizer and women's rights activist, was the second woman to become chair of a major political party in the United States (the first was Jean Westwood).

A year after the WPC’s meeting with Mayor Gayle, a 15-year-old named Claudette Colvin was arrested for challenging segregation on a Montgomery bus. Seven months later, 18-year-old Mary Louise Smith was arrested for refusing to yield her seat to a white passenger.

Montgomery resident Mary Louise Smith is arrested and fined for refusing to yield her seat to a white passenger.

Mary Louise Smith (Ware), Civil Rights Pioneer, was a plaintiff in the lawsuit Browder vs. Gayle in 1956, which caused the desegregation of buses in Montgomery Alabama due to her testimony and others on May 11, 1956.

Mary Louise Smith was a quiet heroine, a faithfilled Catholic woman who understood God’s justice over that of white people’s laws. What did you learn about her life that surprised you?

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. She is one of several women who were arrested for this offense prior to Rosa Parks that year.

On October 21, 1955 police arrested 18-year-old Mary Louise Smith for violating segregation laws in Montgomery, Ala. She had refused to change her bus seat. Her father bailed her out of jail and paid the nine-dollar fine.

Mary Louise Smith Ware is a Civil Rights activist, known for being arrested in October 1955 at the age of 18 in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus. Seating segregation on buses was backed by the law. Mary's arrest …