Gloria Richardson, Uncompromising Civil Rights Advocate, Dies at 99
Gloria Richardson, Uncompromising Civil Rights Advocate, Dies at 99 Her efforts to refocus the movement on economic justice made her a bridge between more moderate leaders and Black Power activism. Gloria Richardson in 2018 holding a photo of herself from a 1963 rally in Cambridge, Md. A Howard-trained sociologist, she found that what Black people most wanted was better housing, jobs and health care.Credit...Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times July 18, 2021 Gloria Richardson, whose work as a civil rights leader on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the early 1960s served as a bridge between th...
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