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Icons of the Civil Rights Movement

That September, the Sixteenth St. Baptist Church was bombed in Birmingham, killing four little girls. Then in November, JFK was assassinated! A few times every year, Martin Luther King would come into Ebony. What a year, at the age of 23, I was beginning married life! My husband, a Methodist clergyman, was working on the West side of Chicago at The Ecumenical Institute.

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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman

Ida B. Wells

Ida B. Wells

The Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation

Jeffrey Brace

Jeffrey Brace

Emmett Louis Till

Emmett Louis Till

W.E.B. DuBois

W.E.B. DuBois

Captain Jonathan Walker

Captain Jonathan Walker

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr

Rev. Joseph Lowery

Rev. Joseph Lowery

Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Rev. Ralph Abernathy

Rev. Ralph Abernathy

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

African-American Women of the Civil Rights Movement

African-American Women of the Civil Rights Movement

Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth

Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth

The Little Rock Nine

The Little Rock Nine

Rev. James Lawson

Rev. James Lawson

The Sit-Ins

The Sit-Ins

Julian Bond

Julian Bond

Vivian, Nash, Lafayette

Vivian, Nash, Lafayette

The Freedom Riders

The Freedom Riders

Reverse Freedom Riders

Reverse Freedom Riders

James Meredith

James Meredith

The Children’s Campaign

The Children’s Campaign

“I Have a Dream”

“I Have a Dream”

Andrew Young

Andrew Young

Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers

The 16th St. Baptist Church Bombing

The 16th St. Baptist Church Bombing

Bob Moses

Bob Moses

Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner

Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner

Fannie Lou Hamer

Fannie Lou Hamer

Jimmie Lee Jackson

Jimmie Lee Jackson

Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday

Rev. James Reeb

Rev. James Reeb

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Viola Gregg Liuzzo

Viola Gregg Liuzzo

Jonathan Myrick Daniels

Jonathan Myrick Daniels

Vernon F. Dahmer

Vernon F. Dahmer

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte

“Free At Last, Free At Last”

“Free At Last, Free At Last”

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

The Obama Family

The Obama Family

The Emanuel 9

The Emanuel 9

Representative Benjamin Swan

Representative Benjamin Swan

Trayvon Martin

Trayvon Martin

Galatians 3: 27-28

Galatians 3: 27-28

Icons of the Civil Rights Movement

Frederick Douglass

Sojourner Truth

Harriet Tubman

Ida B. Wells

The Emancipation Proclamation

Jeffrey Brace

Emmett Louis Till

W.E.B. DuBois

Captain Jonathan Walker

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr

Rev. Joseph Lowery

Jesse Jackson

Rev. Ralph Abernathy

Rosa Parks

African-American Women of the Civil Rights Movement

Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth

The Little Rock Nine

Rev. James Lawson

The Sit-Ins

Julian Bond

Vivian, Nash, Lafayette

The Freedom Riders

Reverse Freedom Riders

James Meredith

The Children’s Campaign

“I Have a Dream”

Andrew Young

Medgar Evers

The 16th St. Baptist Church Bombing

Bob Moses

Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner

Fannie Lou Hamer

Jimmie Lee Jackson

Bloody Sunday

Rev. James Reeb

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Viola Gregg Liuzzo

Jonathan Myrick Daniels

Vernon F. Dahmer

Harry Belafonte

“Free At Last, Free At Last”

Barack Obama

The Obama Family

The Emanuel 9

Representative Benjamin Swan

Trayvon Martin

Galatians 3: 27-28

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