The Steamer Sue, seen here, was at the center of the 1884 Stewart Sisters v. The Steamer Sue case, in which four Black women sued for equal accommodations after being denied first-class passage because of their race. The case helped inspire one of the nation’s earliest civil rights
organizations, the Mutual United Brotherhood of Liberty.
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Westmoreland church to host marker dedication for landmark civil rights case
A state historical marker will be dedicated next month in Westmoreland County to commemorate a late 19th-century federal court case that helped lay the groundwork for one of the country’s earliest civil rights organizations.
