Designates June 22 as Sarah Mae Flemming Day in South Carolina.
The bill designates June 22 as "Sarah Mae Flemming Day" in South Carolina, honoring Sarah Mae Flemming who challenged segregation on city buses in Columbia in 1954. Her case, which occurred before Rosa Parks', contributed to the end of segregated buses. Flemming, born in 1933, took a seat on a bus intended for whites, leading to a legal battle that influenced later civil rights actions. The day commemorates her role in the fight against segregation.
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