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Hosea Williams

SCLC field general who led the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge alongside John Lewis.

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Born in Attapulgus, Georgia in 1926. A World War II Purple Heart recipient, Williams ran the SCLC's direct-action campaigns from St. Augustine to Memphis and founded the Atlanta charity Hosea Feed the Hungry, still serving holiday meals decades later.

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Atlanta, GA, USA

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