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Irene Morgan Kirkaldy (Baltimore, 1917 – Nueva York, 10 de agosto de 2007) fue una pionera del movimiento por los Derechos Civiles en Estados Unidos. Fue conocida por haber sido detenida en 1944 tras negarse a ceder su asiento de autobús a una pareja blanca y por su resistencia al arresto (que incluyó su agresión al agente que la detuvo).
Irene Amos Morgan (April 9, 1917 – August 10, 2007), later known as Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, was an African-American woman from Baltimore, Maryland, who was arrested in Middlesex County, Virginia, in 1944 under a state law imposing racial segregation in public facilities and transportation.
15 de sept. de 2019 · Irene Morgan Kirkaldy (1917-2007) was a black woman who challenged racial segregation on interstate buses in 1944 and won a landmark case in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1946. She also earned college degrees in her later years and received several honors for her civil rights work.
13 de ago. de 2007 · Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, whose defiance of white supremacy while traveling through the Upper South in the summer of 1944 led to a Supreme Court decision outlawing segregated seating on interstate...
Learn about Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, the first woman to refuse to give up her seat for a White passenger on a bus, and the inspiration for the Journey of Reconciliation. Discover her early life, career, education, awards, and legacy.
Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, un negro del Séptimo Día Adventista mujer que ganó un punto de referencia de los Estados Unidos caso de la Corte Suprema en contra de asientos segregados en los autobuses interestatales, tras negarse a ceder su asiento de autobús propio en 1944, murió el 10 de agosto.
In July 1944, Irene Morgan Kirkaldy made a courageous decision that would turn into one of the first major advancements in the American Civil Rights Movement. Kirkaldy was born on April 9, 1917, in Baltimore, Maryland.
