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Well-known Colorado disability rights activist dies at 47

A Coloradan known for being a relentless advocate for disability rights died on Sunday.

Carrie Ann Lucas was a nationally-recognized attorney who lived with a severe neuromuscular disease. She grew up in Windsor, Colo. and had several careers including being a teacher, ordained minister and legal assistant before becoming an attorney. 

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She helped to lead battles against discrimination and in favor of better care and access for people with disabilities.

According to her an obituary on her Facebook page, Lucas died following an "arbitrary denial" by an insurance company, which led to various health issues.

Lucas is survived by four children, her parents and two siblings. 

She was 47.

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Veteran civil rights activist to speak in Cincinnati

Published 7:25 am PST, Sunday, February 24, 2019

CINCINNATI (AP) — Veteran civil rights activist, journalist and author Charles E. Cobb Jr. will be the featured speaker March 14 at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati.

Cobb was a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the 1960s civil rights struggle in the Mississippi Delta that included the 1964 Freedom Summer movement. The movement was aimed at increasing education opportunities and voting rights for black people in Mississippi.

He will discuss the impact of peaceful protests in a lecture drawn from his book "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible."

His appearance is part of the 2019 Freedom 55 lecture series marking the Freedom Summer's 55th anniversary. Hundreds of student volunteers trained in Oxford, Ohio, for their service in Mississippi.

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Conservative activist allegedly punched on California campus

No result found, try new keyword!A conservative activist reported he was attacked while recruiting students for Turning Point USA at UC Berkeley, according to campus police. The University of California Police Department said in a st...