Rita Schwerner Bender (née Levant; born 1942) is an American civil rights activist and lawyer. She and her first husband, Michael Schwerner, participated...
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Maryland. As activism increased in the South, Schwerner, recruited by John Lewis, and his wife, Rita Schwerner Bender, volunteered to work for National CORE...
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Mississippi Rita Schwerner Bender (born 1942), civil rights activist and lawyer, wife of Michael Schwerner This page lists people with the surname Schwerner. If...
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had taken action against the perpetrators of the murders. Rita Bender, Michael Schwerner's widow, testified in the trial. On June 21, 2005, a jury convicted...
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literature Rita Schwerner Bender, civil rights activist and lawyer Rita Laura Segato (born 1951), Argentine-Brazilian academic Rita Smith (1912–1993)...
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collaborated with civil rights leaders such as Lonnie King, John Lewis, Rita Schwerner Bender, Roslyn Pope, Loretta Ross, and Charles Black in educating and helping...
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from the original on November 2, 2005. Retrieved December 1, 2014. Dove, Rita (June 14, 1999). "Heroes and Icons: Rosa Parks: Her simple act of protest...
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Robinson Jo Ann Robinson Angela Russell Bayard Rustin Bernie Sanders Michael Schwerner Bobby Seale Pete Seeger Cleveland Sellers Charles Sherrod Alexander D...
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be honored; Myrlie Evers-Williams, who makes a home in Bend, 'never gave up'". The Bulletin. Bend, OR. Retrieved January 20, 2013. "Myrlie Evers-Williams:...
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