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1 week ago

Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85

Bernard LaFayette laid crucial groundwork for the Selma voter registration campaign that led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, organizing local leadership and building momentum before Bloody Sunday.
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fromLos Angeles Times
5 months ago

Kent Wong, a champion of nonviolent resistance in the L.A. labor movement, dies at 69

Kent Wong, labor leader and nonviolent activist, championed immigrant workers and Asian American labor leadership; died at 69 from cardiopulmonary failure due to endocarditis.
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