Robert Moses civil rights leader dies at 86 in Florida
Robert Parris Moses a longtime civil rights activist who led voter registration efforts in Mississippi and helped found the Algebra Project died at 86 in Hollywood Florida. Moses survived beatings a shooting and jail during the 1960s movement and later focused on math education and community organizing.
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Bob” Moses
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James Polk, Pulitzer journalist, dies at 83 in Georgia
James Polk, 1974 Pulitzer winner for Watergate reporting with the Washington Star and later NBC News and CNN, died July 15 in Marietta Georgia at age 83 from complications after strokes. He exposed unreported donations to Nixon reelection including Vesco funds and links to John Mitchell and Maurice Stans.
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Polk journalist who exposed Watergate era cash trail and Nixon ties
James R. Polk, renowned investigative reporter, uncovered payments linked to Watergate figures. The notes reference Vesco aide Lawrence B Richardson delivering $200,000 to Maurice Stans, with Edward Nixon arranging access and Vesco seeking a meeting with SEC head William Casey. The piece also notes a $30,000 delivery after the break in and Kalmbach’s use of funds for a White House project. Polk shared the Pulitzer in 1974 for national reporting.
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Jackie Mason Broadway Star Who Began as a Rabbi Dies
Jackie Mason, famed Broadway comic whose sharp Jewish cultural material and rapid delivery made him a star, died July 24 in Manhattan at 93. Born Yacov Maza in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, he shifted from rabbinical training to standup, rising after the 1986 premiere of The World According to Me.
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