Rev. C.T. Vivian dies

Legendary Civil Rights Icon C.T. Vivian Dies at 95

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentJuly 23, 2020

“Some thoughts on the Reverend C.T. Vivian, a pioneer who pulled America closer to our founding ideals and a friend I will miss greatly,” Former President Barack Obama wrote in a statement. “We’ve lost a founder of modern America, a pioneer who shrunk the gap between reality and our constitutional ideals of equality and freedom.” The Rev. C.T. Vivian, the legendary civil rights activist who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has died. Rev. Vivian was 95. Vivian’s daughter, Denise Morse, confirmed her father’s death and told Atlanta’s NBC affiliate WXIA that he was “one of the most wonderful

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Rev. C.T. Vivian, key civil rights leader, has died at 95

Desiree Seals and Michael Warren, Associated PressJuly 18, 2020

The Rev. C.T. Vivian, an early and key adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who organized pivotal civil rights campaigns and spent decades advocating for justice and equality, died Friday at the age of 95.