Posts Tagged "civil rights"

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Civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth dead

(CNN) — The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, who helped lead the civil rights movement, has died, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute said Wednesday. Shuttlesworth is among the iconic figures honored in the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin

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Remembering Dr. Dorothy Height

On April 29th, thousands attended Dr. Dorothy Height’s funeral to remember the civil rights legend. Dr. Dorothy Height led the National Council of Negro Women for four decades and was apart of and led keys battles during the civil rights

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Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height Dies

Dorothy Height, who as a longtime president of National Council of Negro Women, and an instrumental female voice during the civil rights era in the United States has died. She was 98. Height, died at 3:41am at Howard University Hospital,

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