June 11, 2021 Updated Fri., June 11, 2021 at 9 p.m. Martha White is seen in this 2005 photo at a Women of Courage luncheon in Baton Rouge, La. White, a Black woman known for helping to launch the 1953 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Martha White, the woman known for her “instrumental role” in launching the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, has died. Family members tell WAFB White died on Saturday, June 5 at the ...

The world knows Rosa Parks’ name and her story, and rightfully so. Yet the late civil rights icon was part of a generation of Black people across the South who stood up to Jim Crow discrimination — or ...

Martha White, who played a key role in starting the 1953 Baton Rouge bus boycott, died at age 99 Saturday. White was a 31-year-old housekeeper during the summer of 1953, when she would walk miles in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - As people around the country spent the day reflecting on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, some people in Baton Rouge took the time to remember one woman whose ...

Martha White is seen in this 2005 photo at a Women of Courage luncheon in Baton Rouge, La. White, a Black woman known for helping to launch the 1953 bus boycotts in Louisiana's capital city, has died.

Martha White, a Black woman whose actions helped launch the 1953 bus boycotts in Louisiana’s capital city, has died. She was 99. White died Saturday, her family and others confirmed. White, then 23, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Martha White, a Black woman whose actions helped launch the 1953 bus boycotts in Louisiana's capital city, has died. She was 99. White died Saturday, her family and others ...