SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- When civil rights activist Ray Robinson arrived at Wounded Knee in April 1973 to stand alongside Native Americans in their fight against social injustice, he excitedly called his wife back home and told her, "This could be the spark that lights the prairie fire."...
Widow Of Civil Rights Activist Wants Him Home
By DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press: Nation
Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:45am
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A civil rights activist who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has died at the age of 93. Wood also served as a member of the national executive board of ...
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Rev. James Lawson, a leader of the Civil Rights Movement who trained scores of activists during his time in Nashville — many of whom went on to prominence — died June at the age of 95 of cardiac ...
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His impact spanned across the country and even made its way into the Palmetto State. South Carolina civil rights activist, James L. Felder worked on Carter’s campaign and shared his own fond memories ...
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Dr. Wood was among the Houstonians who knew King and worked with him for years as he led the Civil Rights movement before his assassination.
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