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Civil rights activist Joyce Ladner spoke at the University of Missouri's Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, recalling others from the movement.
Remembering Jews who Fought for Black Civil Rights In the 1960s, hundreds of Jews worked tirelessly to advance civil rights. Two of them were murdered. “I am one freedom rider who will never, ever forget the assistance of Jews.” Hank Thomas, a major figure in the American civil rights struggle and one of the first Freedom Riders who travelled throughout the American South in the 1960s to raise awareness of the struggle for Black rights, always remembered the many Jews who helped him. In the 2011 documentary Freedom Riders, he recalled the key role American Jews played in calling for equa...