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Women of the civil rights movement and overlooked heroes
The piece highlights Ella Baker Septima Clark and Fannie Lou Hamer as pivotal yet underrecognized figures. It notes the bias delaying public leadership roles for women of color, cites Coretta Scott King Betty Shabazz Myrlie Evers Williams, and recalls Rosa Parks alongside images of Vera Piggy and female students at Florida A&M as emblematic moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Baker
Septima Poinsette Clark
Fannie Lou Hamer
Rosa Parks
Julian Bond
University of Virginia
NAACP
Coretta Scott King
Betty Shabazz
Myrlie Evers Williams
Mississippi
Vera
Florida A&m University
Little Rock
Arkansas
Parks
Montgomery
Ala
Lynne Olson