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SC H3415
Bill
Status
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jermaine Johnson
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AI Summary
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Designates June 22nd of each year as "Sarah Mae Flemming Day" in South Carolina
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Honors Sarah Mae Flemming, who on June 22, 1954, challenged segregation by sitting in the front of a Columbia city bus operated by South Carolina Electric and Gas, seventeen months before Rosa Parks' similar stand in Montgomery, Alabama
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Flemming's lawsuit against SCE&G was initially rejected in federal court in Columbia but succeeded on appeal to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, which struck down segregation on city buses
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The 4th Circuit ruling in Flemming's case was cited in the Rosa Parks decision that led to the end of segregated buses nationwide
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Takes effect upon approval by the Governor
Legislative Description
Sarah Mae Flemming Day
Last Action
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/14/2025