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Ed King, 89, Scarred Veteran of Mississippi’s Civil Rights Struggle, Dies

13. Juli 2026 um 21:29
A minister disfigured in an attack on his life, he became what one historian called “the most visible white activist in the Mississippi movement.”

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Ed King in 1970 speaking at a memorial service for James Earl Green, one of the two students killed during a shooting at Jackson State College that May.

Norman Francis, 94, Who Led Xavier U. in New Orleans Into New Era, Dies

23. Februar 2026 um 19:58
He was among America’s longest-serving college presidents, with a 47-year tenure, and played an important civil-rights role in New Orleans.

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Norman Francis in 2008. He accepted the position of president of Xavier University on the day the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968.

Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School

13. Dezember 2025 um 18:47
She was one of the Clinton 12, Black students who broke a race barrier by entering a Tennessee high school in 1956 in the face of harassment by white segregationists.

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Jo Ann Allen, left, and Minnie Ann Dickey at Clinton High School in Tennessee in September 1956, two years after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools.
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