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Born August 30, 1901 • St. Louis • Missouri
Died September 8, 1981 (aged 80) • New York City • New York
Founder Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Role In American civil rights movement • March on Washington

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Daisy Bates
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Septima Poinsette Clark
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Whitney Young
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Medgar Evers
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Julian Bond
American politician and civil rights leader
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Mary White Ovington
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