Remember two civil-rights heroes

I was asked to speak at Friday’s renaming of W. Jennings Street in honor of Wilhelmina Jakes and Carrie Patterson, the two Florida A&M University students who lived on Jennings Street in 1956 when they sat in a whites-only section on a city bus.
Their actions helped ignite the Tallahassee Bus Boycott, and begin a tradition of student activism at FAMU and across America that has carried forward to this day, as noted very eloquently by FAMU President James Ammons.
The street, which runs between Bronough and Melvin streets, is now Jakes & Patterson Street. Here is a link to a photo gallery on the event.

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