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Coretta Scott King, a Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 78  Feb 1, 2006 ... She appeared at a dinner honoring her husband on Jan. 14 but ... a remarkable partnership that ended with Dr. King's assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968. .... She called upon American women "to unite and form a solid block of women power to fight the three great evils of racism, poverty and war.".
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US|Coretta Scott King, 78, Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dies  Jan 31, 2006 ... She appeared at a Martin Luther King Day dinner on Jan. ... partnership that ended with his assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968. .... as well as race in which she called upon American women "to unite and form a solid block of women power to fight the three great evils of racism, poverty and war." She...
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH  Special Report, Part 2 | UAW Chrysler  She was a woman born to struggle, and she has struggled and she has ... When James Earl Ray killed her husband in Memphis in 1968, just prior to a ... gender as well as race in which she called upon American women to unite and form a solid block of women power to fight the three great evils of racism, poverty and war.
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Congresswoman Brown: In Memory of Coretta Scott King ...  Feb 3, 2006 ... The great Coretta Scott King, perhaps best known as being the wife of the ... People's Campaign at the Lincoln Memorial on June 19th, 1968, just two ... race, wherein she called upon American women to 'unite and form a solid block of women power to fight the three great evils of racism, poverty, and war.
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Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein On the Death of Coretta Scott ...  Jan 31, 2006 ... She called upon American women 'to unite and form a solid block of women power to fight the three great evils of racism, poverty and war.'.
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Shirley Chisholm - Wikipedia  Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (November 30, 1924  January 1, 2005) was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress, and she represented New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms .... In 1968 she ran for the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 12th...
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Rosa Parks ignites bus boycott - Dec 01, 1955 - HISTORY.com  In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks is jailed for refusing to give up her seat ... She worked as a seamstress and in 1943 joined the Montgomery chapter of the ... the NAACP and other African American activists immediately called for a bus ... At one point, his home was bombed, but he and his family escaped bodily harm.
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Today in History - January 28 | Library of Congress  On January 28, 1908, author and activist Julia Ward Howe, famous for her composition, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, became the first woman elected to the American ... In 1868, she co-founded the New England Women's Club. She also served as a leader of the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA). After a...
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Battle Hymn At The Dining Table: A Famous Feminist Subjugated ...  Mar 16, 2016 ... She was adrift in a lonely war of her own, against a husband who controlled ... those stirring words  "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the .... the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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King Center for Nonviolent Social Change - Wikipedia  The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization founded in 1968 by Coretta Scott King. King started the organization in the basement of the couple's home in the year following the 1968 assassination of her husband, Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Located in Atlanta, Georgia, the organization carries out initiatives on both...
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Chapter 1 - Russell Sage Foundation  Less well known is that the War on Poverty is intertwined with the 1964 Civil ... enacted during this era influenced antipoverty legislation well into the 1970s when ... Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (known as the Fair Housing ... Michael Harrington's 1962 The Other America, and popular articles by journalists.
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Susan Brownell Anthony was a prominent American civil rights ...  Susan Brownell Anthony civil rights leader played a pivotal role in the 19th .... of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand" ... Stone was the first recorded American woman to retain her own last name after marriage. ...... Susan B. Anthony - for being a pioneer of women's rights and fighting for my...
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Wilma Mankiller, the Inspiring First Woman Cherokee Chief: AAUW  Nov 20, 2013 ... Mankiller, the first woman chief of the Cherokee Nation, was ... In 1967, Mankiller participated in a protest with Native American ... In Oklahoma, Mankiller became involved with the government of the ... She passed away in 2010 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. ... Login  Member Tools  ShopAAUW.
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Today in History - January 28 | Library of Congress  On January 28, 1908, author and activist Julia Ward Howe, famous for her ... became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. ... Soon The Battle Hymn of the Republic rang out at public gatherings above the...
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.] - The Africa Center  16 April 1963 ... Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their "thus ... Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. .... But he will not see this without pressure from devotees of civil rights. ..... McBride Dabbs, Ann Braden and Sarah Patton Boyle--have written about our struggle in...
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This Was Not Our War: Bosnian Women Reclaiming ... - e-Duke Books  part of the war makers, who may rightly have believed women would have pursued ... g-7 meeting in Lyons, France, in July 1996 signaled the place of Bosnian women ..... back, ''So you're supposed to say why you weren't on the side of the people in the ...... Azra, Irma's mother, was distressed to hear from her sister that.
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Congressional Record, Volume 145 Issue 53 (Monday, April 19, 1999)  Apr 19, 1999 ... Rosa Parks issued that challenge to the powers that be. ... Throughout her long life, Rosa Parks has shown that one woman can make a real difference. ..... Ms. Parks helped start, today's Montgomery is a quite different city from the one ... and its history as the birthplace of the civil rights movement are both...
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N.A.A.C.P. Leader Is Inaugurated in a Pageant of Unity - NYTimes.com  Ms. Evers-Williams expressed hope that the troubled civil rights organization could find a way out of its recent travails. ... Published: May 15, 1995 ... and prayers, Myrlie Evers-Williams was sworn in today as the chairwoman of the National ... She is the widow of Medgar Evers, the civil rights pioneer who was slain in 1963 in...
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Susan B. Anthony House :: Her Story  Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. ... with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, led her to join the women's rights movement in 1852. ... It promoted a policy of purchasing American-made goods and encouraging ... In 1870 Anthony formed and was elected president of the Workingwomen's Central...
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Susan B. Anthony - Wikipedia  Susan Brownell Anthony (February 15, 1820  March 13, 1906) was an American social ... Popularly known as the Anthony Amendment and introduced by Sen. ... She also helped to bring about the World's Congress of Representative Women ..... The women's movement depended heavily on abolitionist resources, with its...
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Coretta Scott King - Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist ...  Jan 15, 2015 ... On April 4, 1968, while standing on a balcony outside of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, ... Following her husband's assassination, Coretta continued their work. She founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, based in Atlanta, Georgia, serving as the center's president and chief...