Latest News About Brenda J. Travis

Updated 2026-05-19 21:04

Brenda J. Travis appears in recent local reporting as having passed away in May 2026, at age 81, noted for her civil rights activism in McComb, Mississippi, including early actions connected to voting rights and desegregation efforts. Several sources reference her death and highlight her role in the student and community protests that shaped the civil rights era in McComb.[1][10]

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Brenda Travis, what else don't we know?

Wow, she’s Black, she’s beautiful, plus she’s….oh wait, do I know this lady? Was she a former teacher, college classmate or, I hesitate to ask, a distant relative? Those were the questions that darted through my mind when, during my research for something for African American History Month, I came across a picture of […]

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Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement -- Brenda Travis

Bruce: And when you were arrested on the march, what was the charge? Brenda: I believe it was disorderly conduct, but if you recall, I never went to court, so I don't know what it was. It was just incarceration. I never went to court after then. I was taken from the McComb City Jail to the Pike County Jail, and from the Pike County Jail to reformatory school. … Brenda: Was it 2000? OK, 2000. And we were talking about the "walking wounded." We are the walking wounded. And we are the ones who...

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Brenda Travis Dies at 81 After McComb Civil Rights Work

brenda travis, the local civil rights activist whose teenage protest in McComb was tied to voting rights and equality, has died at 81. Her death closes the life of a woman whose actions began when she was 15 and ended in arrest after she tried to buy a white bus ticket.McComb and Brenda TravisAs a t…

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