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Mar 15, 2024
Dorie Ladner (1942–2024), Freedom Riders civil rights activist
Dorie Ladner was a civil rights activist whose efforts included being arrested for attempting to have lunch at a segregated Woolworth lunch counter and jailed for picketing in the 1962 Jackson, Mississippi boycotts.
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Mar 14, 2024
Paul Alexander (1946–2024), spent over 70 years in an iron lung
Paul Alexander survived polio as a child and as a result was placed in an iron lung in 1952, in which he remained almost entirely confined for the rest of his life.
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Mar 13, 2024
David Mixner (1946–2024), gay rights activist and author
David Mixner was a gay rights activist and author who cofounded the LGBTQ+ Victory fund and broke ways with President Bill Clinton over his “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
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Mar 12, 2024
Lichelle “Boss” Laws (1969–2024), pioneering female rapper
Lichelle Laws was better known as Boss, a pioneering rapper and the first woman signed to Def Jam Records.
