And the Rev. Abraham Woods has died at the age of eighty. The civil rights activist led the first lunch counter sit-ins in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama and helped to mobilize the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic March on Washington.
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And the Rev. Abraham Woods has died at the age of eighty. The civil rights activist led the first lunch counter sit-ins in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama and helped to mobilize the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic March on Washington.