{"id":9493,"date":"2018-03-09T08:27:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T16:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=9493"},"modified":"2018-03-09T08:27:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T16:27:30","slug":"from-the-ground-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=9493","title":{"rendered":"From the Ground up."},"content":{"rendered":"

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The last installment of this week’s theme is dedicated to the foot soldiers of the civil rights movement. Their marches in the early 60s were the catalysts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. They participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday and the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, at great risk to their physical well being, and ultimately lives.<\/p>\n

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In 2016 they received\u00a0collectively a Congressional Gold Medal \u2014 the nation\u2019s highest civilian award, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom – accepted on behalf of the 3000 or so young people by Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and the Rev. F.D. Reese \u2014 two giants of the civil rights movement.\u00a0These were children<\/em> marching, led by men who believed that G-d would grant them justice.\"\"<\/p>\n

Congressional Gold Medal presented to 1965 \u2018foot soldiers,\u2019 including four representatives of Ripon College<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n