Civil Rights Movement
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Sacrifice.
This morning, I witnessed Congressman John Lewis’ flag draped casket being carried, by decorated servicemen to the Capitol Rotunda. I thought about his words forty years after his participation in the Freedom Rides of the South after white supremacists firebombed the bus he was riding on May 14, 1961, “It was very violent. I thought Read more
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Happy Birthday Rosa Parks.
The post office has issued a stamp bearing the image of Rosa Parks today, her 100th birthday. The stamp is the first of three issued this year which will commemorate the Civil Rights Era. One hundred years ago, Rosa Louise McCauley was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended a laboratory school established by the Alabama Read more
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