The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change
From family to grassroots activists, these are some of the women who shaped MLK’s vision and campaigns.
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From family to grassroots activists, these are some of the women who shaped MLK’s vision and campaigns.
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Blue Mountain’s Charleanea Cobb just turned 77 years old last week. At just 18 years old, she was determined to make a difference in the lives of Tippah County African
Stacey Abrams’s success in Georgia builds on generations of Black women’s organizing Nadia E. Brown, Bry Reed Here's how Georgia transformed from a solid red state to a battleground Replay Video UP NEXT Following in the organizing footsteps of Black Southern women, Stacey Abrams and other Black grass-roots organizers in Georgia mobilized so many of Georgia’s Black voters that a longtime Republican state turned to favor Democrats. As Georgians prepare for the Jan. 5 Senate runoff election, they are relying on a playbook put in place by local organizers who built coalit...