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Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement • WXXI-TV

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Akemi Kochiyama stands in front of he From Harlem with Love mural of her grandmother Yuri and Black Panther's Malcolm X

Discover the stories of four extraordinary women who shaped the course of the civil rights movement.

Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement airs Monday, March 2 at 9:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the WXXI and PBS apps.

Discover the powerful stories of Fannie Lou Hamer, Elaine Brown, Ella Baker, Dolores Huerta and Yuri Kochiyama — extraordinary women whose courage, intellect and activism helped shape the course of the civil and human rights movements in America.
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Photo: Akemi Kochiyama/Credit: Kwesi Abbernsetts

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