Woman who inspired US segregated bus boycott dies aged 99

Woman who inspired US segregated bus boycott dies aged 99

Martha White photographed in 2005 (Carol Anne Blitzer/AP)

Martha White, a black woman whose actions helped launch the 1953 bus boycotts in Louisiana’s capital city, has died aged 99.

Ms White died on Saturday, her family and others confirmed.

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