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Sigma Frater Arthur Johnson, civil rights icon and comrade of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 85
Source A crowd of movers and shakers was exiting an event at the White House during the Clinton administration. Among them was Wayne State University President Irving Reid. As Reid was leaving, civil rights leader and Clinton adviser Vernon Jordan called out, “When you get back to Detroit, be sure to tell Arthur Johnson hello!” [...]
Memorial services set for Delta Soror Dorothy Height
Source Memorial and funeral services for human-rights advocate Dorothy I. Height will be held Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington. Burial is set for Thursday. Miss Height, who served for more than 40 years as president of the National Council of Negro Women, died April 20 at Howard University Hospital. She was 98. Services are being [...]
Civil rights landscape altered with the deaths of Hooks, Height; Rise of young leaders
Source With the passing of civil rights legends Benjamin Hooks and Dorothy Height within days of each other, the national landscape in the fight for equality continues to shift. Hooks, a former lawyer, judge and NAACP director, died April 15 in Memphis. Height, 98, president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years, [...]
Alpha Frater Richard Jordan, Montgomery civil rights activist dies at 74
Source Civil rights activist, educator and community leader Richard S. Jordan will be remembered for the impact he made not only in the lives of his students, but of family and friends who were touched by his generous spirit. Jordan died Wednesday after a brief illness. He was 74. His daughter Vera Jor dan said [...]
Missouri University Alphas Host Civil Rights Activist Angela Davis
Original Source COLUMBIA — A piece of textbook history stepped onto stage at Jesse Auditorium on Thursday night. Angela Davis — activist, author, educator and philosopher — spoke about civil and human rights in a democracy. “All of these are too often taken for granted,” she said of civil rights. Obama’s election did not do [...]
