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Civil Rights pioneer Gloria Richardson has passed away. Gloria was famously known for a photo that was captured of her while protesting racial inequality. In the pic, she pushed away the bayonet of a National Guardsman. She was also the first woman to lead a grassroots civil rights movement outside the Deep South According to her grandchildren, she died in her sleep. Gloria was 99 years old.
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