Happy birthday to Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, civil rights icon. She participated in 50+ sit-ins & demonstrations by the age of 23. Freedom Rider,Jackson Woolworth's sit-in, in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, enrolled @Tougaloo College, many marches including Selma. #beajoan #ushistory

“I got in good trouble.” Joan Trumpauer Mulholland is an icon & activist of the civil rights movement of the 60s.

She was one of the Freedom Riders, participated in the Woolworth Sit-In, & much more. She was arrested, hunted by the KKK and put on death row.

#BeAJoan #GoodTrouble

@lokimulholland

It’s the end of #WomensHistoryMonth. How could I forget our own #CivilRights activist, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland? She’s been beaten & arrested, but she continued to fight. She’s still in the fight for equality for everyone. I hope to one day meet her. #FreedomRider #GoodTrouble #BeAJoan #DST1913