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Civil Rights Activist Rev. Robert Graetz Dies

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Civil rights activist Rev. Robert Graetz passed away. Officials with the Troy University Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery confirmed the news. BREAKING: Rev. Robert Graetz has passed away, according to the Rosa Parks Museum at Troy University. @ALNewsNetwork pic.twitter.com/aI3Y6ps8L1 — Andrew James (@AndrewJamesNews) September 21, 2020 Rev. Graetz and his wife Jean came to Montgomery in 1955 and were friends…

Wife of Ralph Abernathy, U.S. Civil Rights Advocate Juanita Abernathy Dies at 88

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Juanita Abernathy, who wrote the business plan for the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and took other influential steps in helping to build the American civil rights movement, has died. She was 88. Family spokesman James Peterson confirmed Abernathy died Thursday at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta following complications from a stroke. In a statement, Peterson says Abernathy died surrounded by her…