PhoenixSerenity<p>When <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Minister" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minister</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GlendaStrongRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GlendaStrongRobinson</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Longmont" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Longmont</span></a> skipped class in 1968 to march with <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DrMartinLutherKingJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DrMartinLutherKingJr</span></a> there were many things that she couldn’t have foreseen: That the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Memphis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SanitationWorkersStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SanitationWorkersStrike</span></a> she was supporting would become <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/iconic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iconic</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> . That Dr. King would be <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/assassinated" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>assassinated</span></a> within days. And that 55 years later, she would receive a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LifetimeAchievementAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LifetimeAchievementAward</span></a> in his honor.</p><p><a href="https://www.cpr.org/2023/03/18/she-marched-with-dr-king-and-her-work-for-civil-rights-marches-on-to-this-day/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cpr.org/2023/03/18/she-marched</span><span class="invisible">-with-dr-king-and-her-work-for-civil-rights-marches-on-to-this-day/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WomensMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomensMonth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackActivist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackActivist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackWomen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Activism</span></a></p>