Friday, April 16, 2021

‘The Struggle Continues.’ A new generation pays homage to 1960s activist Patricia Stephens Due. (WaPo)

Khalil Gibran wrote, "Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being."

Heroic civil rights lawyer John D. Due, Jr.  and his daughter,  Johnita, spoke here at the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center here in St. Augustine, Florida, August 10, 2018.  

I was honored to meet Mr. Due and his daughter Johnita, Assistant general Counsel at CNN, and to visit with them.  

As a young lawyer, Mr. Due helped initiate the wining strategy of removing to federal courts the wrongful state law prosecutions of civil rights activists.  More: http://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2018/08/civil-rights-lawyer-john-d-due-jr.html:

Here's Mr. Due's and his daughter Tananarive Due's moving tribute to the late Patricia Stephens Due, Mr. Due's life and Ms. Due's mother, from The Washington Post:


‘The Struggle Continues.’ A new generation pays homage to 1960s activist Patricia Stephens Due.

April 16, 2021 at 6:31 a.m. EDT

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