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Charity Adams Earley – 1917 - 2002
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Military Service and the fight for civil rights Many of the black men and women who served overseas noticed that they were treated better by the citizens of the countries in which they were stationed than they had been at home. This realization motivated them to increase their activity in the fight for equal rights for African Americans.
Mr. Rayfield Johnson Jr.
 
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