The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 50 years ago. We delved into photo archives to pull out the lesser told stories of a few of the female leaders inside the movement.https://nyti.ms/2uJ74tx
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Dorothy Cotton went from administrative assistant to Dr. King’s inner circle. Alongside Septima Clark, she taught students how to peacefully protest even in the face of violence. https://nyti.ms/2H7BQPr pic.twitter.com/aqFiNGsWEy
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Ella Baker convened a landmark meeting at Shaw University and encouraged student leaders to form their own organization. It would become the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, headed by John Lewis, now a longtime Congressman. https://nyti.ms/2H5xnwo pic.twitter.com/xCaB7llKfn
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Bernice Johnson Reagon, a leader in the movement, formed the award-winning a cappella group, Sweet Honey in the Rock, to raise money for the student organization https://nyti.ms/2Jg5dzB pic.twitter.com/HlAJacdWnw
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Diane Nash led students in sit-ins and helped coordinate the historic 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery. She has been portrayed in the film “Selma.” https://nyti.ms/2uJpsm3 pic.twitter.com/HcNaBlFEry
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"Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we have to sleep with our telephones off the hooks because our lives be threatened daily, because we want to live as decent human beings, in America?” asked activist Fannie Lou Hamer. https://nyti.ms/2GypyhQ pic.twitter.com/GwzS4kBdPw
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We also want your help in identifying some of the women and men who have appeared in iconic photos of the civil rights movement but whose names are unknownhttps://nyti.ms/2GuQPWp
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Great article, more folks need to learn about Septima Clark!
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Schei toch eens uit met Amerika en Afrika, zat werk hier te doen en verzin de dingen eens zelf, je woont hier in Nederland. Lees dit eens en worden jullie eens volwassen.https://opiniez.com/2018/03/27/open-brief-aan-bij1-en-dipsaus/ …
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Rosa Parks was the Goddess of Bravery. Ripples in a very large pond.
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