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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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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@nytimes She also suggested, on the clerical side, that Dr. King found the SCLC. She is the second most significant U.S. citizen who ever lived.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Oh the reverse racist.. "non violent" lol
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