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March 29, 2023

Jacqueline ‘Cookie’ Hamer Flakes, the last living child of Pap and Fannie Lou Hamer, has passed away

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January 4, 2023

Statue of Daisy Bates closer to replacing image of white supremacist in U.S. Capitol

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June 14, 2022

City honors man who fought to integrate U of Fla. law school, then gave up his fight so Black people could earn master’s degrees 

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August 28, 2021

Jesse Jackson moved to rehab facility, wife to ICU

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