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 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1964–2015 John F. Kennedy Library
referencedIn 13th Naval District Public Information Department Press Clippings, 1942–April 1960 National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Public Liaison (Clinton Administration), 1993 - 2001. Alexis Herman's Files , ca. 1993 - ca. 1996 William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Subject Files, 1964–2011 John F. Kennedy Library
referencedIn Passenger Lists of Vessels Departing from Christiansted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, December 8, 1954–November 9, 1980 National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Engrossed Dockets, 1791–1995 National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Civil Rights History Project collection Archive of Folk Culture (U.S.)
referencedIn Sound Recordings of Oral Arguments - Red Series, December 1972–January 2002 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957 - 1978 National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration
referencedIn March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom John F. Kennedy Library
referencedIn Civil Rights Files, 1963 - 1966 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
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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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Baltimore MD US
New York NY US
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Birth 1922-05-06

Death 2012-07-15

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