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The Skanner News - Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Richardson Dies at 99


Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Richardson Dies at 99
Published: 16 July 2021
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Gloria Richardson, an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer whose determination not to back down while protesting racial inequality was captured in a photograph as she pushed away the bayonet of a National Guardsman, has died. She was 99.
Tya Young, her granddaughter, said Richardson died in her sleep Thursday in New York City and had not been ill. Young said while her grandmother was at the forefront of the civil rights movement, she didn t seek praise or recognition.
“She did it because it needed to be done, and she was born a leader, Young said. ....

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