Gardner Bishop
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Gardner Bishop
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Gardner L. Bishop was a barber and civil rights activist in Washington, D.C. His work for equal schools for black and white children in the 1940s and 1950s included organizing the student strike at Browne Junior High School and contributing to the historic Bolling v. Sharpe case that made school segregation unconstitutional in the District. Bishop, originally from North Carolina, was known for his outspokenness and his drive to end elitism in the black community.
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American civil rights activist (1909-1992)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner_Bishop
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2023-02-15T12:57:07Z
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