#2 Sara Mae Fleming Poster
On June 22, 1954, 17 months before Rosa Parks took a stand against segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
Sara Mae Fleming, a Black maid from Eastover
SC made history when she sat on the front seat of the segregated city bus operated by The South Carolina Electric and Gas. After taking a
seat, a white Columbia bus driver humiliated Fleming blocking her with his arm and accusing her of sitting in the "whites only" part of the bus.