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WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Civil rights heroine Gloria Richardson continues to inspire new age activists

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Civil rights heroine Gloria Richardson continues to inspire new age activists

In the fight for civil rights, a Cambridge woman stood strong. See how Gloria Richardson continues to inspire today.

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...

  Civil rights activist Gloria Richardson, who helped lead Maryland’s sweeping grassroots movement of sit-ins and protests aiming to desegregate businesses and local communities, died Thursday at the age of 99.  Richardson's granddaughter, Tya Young, told The Associated Press that she passed away in her sleep in New York City. The Baltimore native, who attracted praise after she was captured in a photograph pushing away the bayonet of a National Guardsmen, helped organize and lead the Cambridge Movement in Cambridge, Md. on the Eastern Shore.   ADVERTISEMENT Young explained to the AP ...