Bernice Johnson Reagon, the legendary singer, composer, and civil rights activist, has passed away at the age of 81. Her death was confirmed by Courtland Cox, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s Legacy Project. Reagon’s remarkable life and career were marked by her powerful contributions to music and social justice. Reagon co-founded the Freedom… Continue reading Civil Rights Icon and Sweet Honey in the Rock Founder Bernice Johnson Reagon Dies at 81
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Civil Rights Icon Tessie Prevost Williams Dies at 69
Tessie Prevost Williams, a pioneering figure in the desegregation of New Orleans schools and a revered civil rights icon, passed away on July 6 at the age of 69. Williams was one of the “New Orleans Four,” a group of Black first-graders who bravely integrated the city’s public schools in 1960. She died of liver… Continue reading Civil Rights Icon Tessie Prevost Williams Dies at 69