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Backers push Rochester Franklin Florence Civil Rights Heritage Site

Franklin Florence, who died in February at age 89, was a hero of the local civil rights era. ....

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Myra Brown's call to fight for justice | Public Lives | CITY News. Arts. Life.

The Rev. Myra Brown has led Spiritus Christi since 2017.
Correction: The original version of this article mistakenly had the name of Spiritus Christi s operations manager as Graham Davis. His name is Davis Craig.
Ask the Rev. Myra Brown, the pastor at Spiritus Christi Church in Rochester, where the roots of her faith first took hold, and she’ll tell you the story of the teacher, the mother, and the paddle.
It was the early 1970s, and Brown was in second grade at a rural Orleans County school. In those days, misbehavior wasn’t remedied with a trip to the principal’s office or detention, but rather the swift swing of a paddle along the backside. No student was said to be spared, but to Black students like Brown, it seemed, the hand that swung the paddle was a little more eager. ....

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