The pivotal figure in the struggle for Black liberation reportedly passed away on Thursday. She was 99.
“She did it because it needed to be done,” Young said of Richardson’sphotograph in which she can be seen pushing away a National Guardsman’s rifleRichardson made her most lasting impact as a leader of the Cambridge movement in Maryland, organizingto desegregate public accommodations and improve Black
people’s access to food, housing, and healthcare.of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, Richardson saw the value in nonviolent tactics, but she also believed in Black people’s right to defend themselves by any means“I didn’t believe in nonviolence if people would come in shooting into your houses,” she said in
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