Richardson, Gloria, 1922-2021
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Gloria Richardson was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended Howard University and was active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Richardson participated in the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and in 1962, she organized and lead the Cambridge Movement in Maryland. This movement was a years-long series of sit-ins in movie theaters, bowling alleys, and restaurants to desegregate them, and promoted voter registration and equal job opportunities. The Movement was settled with the Treaty of Cambridge (signing seen at the right) in July 1963. The series of protests, coupled with African American residents openly arming themselves, made the Cambridge Movement an early episode in the Black Power movement.
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| referencedIn | Records of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1772 - 2007. Electronic Dockets for Closed Appellate Cases, 1996 - 2006 | National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration |
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| associatedWith | American Folklife Center | corporateBody |
| memberOf | Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (Cambridge, Md.) | corporateBody |
| alumnusOrAlumnaOf | Howard University | corporateBody |
| honoredBy | March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| memberOf | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | corporateBody |
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| Baltimore | MD | US | |
| New York | NY | US |
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| Civil rights workers |
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Birth 1922-05-06
Death 2012-07-15
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