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Civil Rights leader honored with historical marker in Union County

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Robert Franklin Williams was one of the most influential active radical minds of a generation that toppled Jim Crow. Williams gained national and even international attention with the Monroe Kissing Case, the Swimming Pool Incident, and the Kidnapping Case. The dedication of the Highway Historical Marker is planned for August 26, 2023, and will be followed by a luncheon.

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Civil Rights leader honored with historical marker in Union County

MONROE — The NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources approved the application of a historical marker for Robert F. Williams. Robert Franklin Williams was one of the most influential active radical minds of a generation that toppled Jim Crow and forever affected American and African-American history. Williams was born in Monroe on February 26, 1925 to Emma Carter and John L. Source

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