Brenda Travis: key obituary facts
Is Brenda Travis dead? Yes. Brenda Travis died on May 17, 2026, at age 81.
Cause of death: Brenda Travis's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Brenda Travis known for?
She was known as African American veteran of the Civil Rights Movement.
More about Brenda Travis
Born: 1 January 1945.
Place of birth: McComb.
Gender: female.
Occupation: activist.
Brenda Travis, an American civil rights campaigner, died on May 17, 2026.
She was 81. Travis was an African American veteran of the Civil Rights Movement from McComb, Mississippi, whose imprisonments for protesting a segregated bus station and taking part in a peaceful high school walkout in 1961 helped galvanize public sentiment against segregation.
Born in 1945 in McComb, she was the fourth of her parents’ seven children.
Brenda Travis, 81, American civil rights campaigner.