March 7, 2002 Charles Howard Wright, physician, author, and museum founder, died. Wright was born September 20, 1918 in Dothan, Alabama. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Alabama State College in 1939 and his Doctor of Medicine degree from Meharry Medical College in 1943.
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Charles Howard Wright – March 7th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on March 7, 2014 in African American History, Civil Rights, March, Medicine
Tags: March 7, Meharry Medical College, physician, September 20, Wayne State University
Selma to Montgomery March – March 7th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on March 7, 2013 in African American History, Civil Rights, March
Tags: Civil Rights Movement, March 7, Selma to Montgomery march, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
March 7, 1965 The first Selma to Montgomery march for civil rights. The March was led by John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Reverend Hosea Williams of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), with approximately 600 marchers was attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas […]
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