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

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

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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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Jesse Jackson moved to rehab facility, wife to ICU

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