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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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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Sweet Honey in the Rock gave me my a cappella voice in "90s Washington DC Bernice brought everyone together at Levine School of Music Community Sings. She was incredibly inspiring & taught songs while we sang. I took my soprano mom & excited 6-yr-old daughter. Thank you Bernice
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I had the good fortune to hear Sweet Honey In The Rock live. I 1st heard them at the end of the movie "Down In The Delta". I cry every time I watch that movie&hear the below song. If you haven't seen this movie, please do-trailer
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