Samuel Reginald Jordan, Jr.

This is the time of year Samuel Jordan paid tribute to Claudette Colvin for her contribution, as a fifteen -year-old student, to the Montgomery bus boycott SEVENTY YEARS ago. She was the first woman to be arrested in Montgomery for refusing to relinquish her seat on the bus to a white rider - nine months before the arrest of Rosa Parks "Claudette, the never conquered - a bearer of light for the resolute." A few years following the support of Jordan and others her criminal record was...

We are deeply saddened over the loss of our dear partner, Samuel Jordan. We worked with Mr. Jordan over the years on public transit issues in Baltimore and learned a lot from him about systemic racism in our transportation system. He was a strong leading voice courageously speaking truth to power and pushing for transit equity in the region. We will miss him very much.

Thank you for your good work for so many. You made a positive difference and set an excellent example for those who will try to continue the battles you fought. Rest in peace.

Samuel Jordan and I shared the same birth year, we shared a tenacious commitment to Union organizing as well as transportation justice. The intersection of those traits brought us together from across the table of Baltimore's Peoples Climate March. I was relentless in volunteer support of Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition during numerous sessions of Maryland State legislative efforts and Baltimore City and County actions. Perhaps one might consider me to have been Samual Jordan's driver...

Samuel was a driving force with a dominant presence, and a tireless advocate for the Baltimore Red Line. He will be remembered for his passion and commitment to achieving equity in public transportation. Though he may be gone, his spirit will always be with us.

My grandad was one of a kind and I will miss him dearly. He is away from this earthly pain and is now residing in the healing arms of Jesus. Thankyou God for blessing me with such a great and wonderful grandfather.

Samuel Jordan was an absolute leader and proof that staying the course in the face of adversity. He convinced me to move to Baltimore to join the fight to get the Baltimore Red Line the way residents intended. It was amazing to be in his presence, and I hope he rests easy knowing that his work was not taken for granted.

I was 19 and Samuel was 18 when we first met at Georgetown University in 1964. We worked together with students from all the DC universities on the Filibuster FOR Civil Rights, held at the Washington monument that spring. Our friendship was for life. Samuel was one of the most dedicated activists for human and civil rights I have ever known. He was indefatigable, courageous, and remarkably optimistic-he always believed that "We Shall Overcome." That courage and optimism helped me these past...