Willie Earl Vereen, valiant freedom fighter, dies at age 70
Remembering Willie Earl Vereen, a member of the Wilmington Ten, who died at 70. A civil rights leader and political prisoner, his legacy lives on.
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Remembering Willie Earl Vereen, a member of the Wilmington Ten, who died at 70. A civil rights leader and political prisoner, his legacy lives on.
Willie Earl Vereen, one of the Wilmington Ten, passed away on Saturday, May 25.
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Willie Earl Vereen, one of the Wilmington Ten, passed away on Saturday, May 25. The Wilmington Ten were 10 activists who were impr ...
Vereen, who had battled liver cancer and endured years of dialysis, died at 5:30 a.m. while in hospice care. His death marks the passing of another key figure in the fight for racial justice in the 1970s.
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Funeral services for James “Bun” McKoy, a member of the civil rights and political prisoner group The Wilmington Ten, are set for 3:30 p.m. EST on Friday, Nov. 17. McKoy died on November 10th, at the age of 69. The cause of death was not immediately