Person of the Day | Dorie Ann Ladner, Hattiesburg Civil-Rights Activist, Dies at 81
Longtime civil-rights activist Dorie Ann Ladner of Hattiesburg, Miss., died on March 11, 2024, at 81.
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Longtime civil-rights activist Dorie Ann Ladner of Hattiesburg, Miss., died on March 11, 2024, at 81.
Victoria Gray challenged John C. Stennis for his U.S. Senate seat during Freedom Summer 1964, running as part of a party she helped found to challenge the then-all-white Democratic Party that opposed voting rights for Black Mississippians.
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