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Also Known As Freddie Lee Robinson
Born March 18, 1922 • Alabama
Died October 5, 2011 (aged 89) • Birmingham • Alabama
Role In American civil rights movement • Birmingham Children’s Crusade • Freedom Rides • March on Washington • Selma March • sit-in movement

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