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2. ‘Remarkable souls’: Smithfield-Selma High students ... - AOL

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   Mourners release balloons at the conclusion of a vigil Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024 on the track of Charles T. Tucker Stadium at Smithfield-Selma High School in Johnston County.

3. Hosea Williams - Wikipedia

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   Hosea Lorenzo Williams (January 5, 1926 – November 16, 2000) was an American civil rights leader, activist, ordained minister, businessman, philanthropist, scientist, and politician. He is best known as a trusted member of fellow famed civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King Jr. 's inner circle.

4. Prathia Hall - Wikipedia

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   American. Occupation (s) Womanist theologian, ethicist. Known for. Civil Rights Movement. Prathia Laura Ann Hall Wynn (January 1, 1940 – August 12, 2002) was an American leader and activist in the Civil Rights Movement, a womanist theologian, and ethicist. She was the key inspiration for Martin Luther King Jr. 's "I Have a Dream" speech.

5. Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson - Wikipedia

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   Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson. Jimmie Lee Jackson (December 16, 1938 – February 26, 1965) [1] [2] was an African American civil rights activist in Marion, Alabama, and a deacon in the Baptist church. On February 18, 1965, while unarmed and participating in a peaceful voting rights march in his city, he was beaten by troopers and fatally shot ...

6. Funeral set for Selma Police Officer Gonzalo Carrasco, who ...

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   Funeral services for Selma Police Officer Gonzalo Carrasco Jr. will be in downtown Fresno. The services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Fresno Convention Center.

7. Jim Clark (sheriff) - Wikipedia

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   James Gardner Clark, Jr. (September 17, 1922 – June 4, 2007) was the sheriff of Dallas County, Alabama, United States from 1955 to 1966. He was one of the officials responsible for the violent arrests of civil rights protestors during the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965, and is remembered as a racist whose brutal tactics included using cattle prods against unarmed civil rights supporters.