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C.T. Vivian (1924 – 2020), civil rights leader who worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Rev. C.T. Vivian was one of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

to organize sit-ins and marches in the pursuit of equality.Vivian joined his first protest well before the Civil Rights Movement was on the national radar – in 1947, he began participating in sit-ins at a restaurant in his home of Peoria, Illinois, which didn’t allow Black customers.

While studying to become a minister at the American Baptist Seminary in Nashville, Vivian became more deeply involved in the movement, joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and participating in Freedom Rides.

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