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Among the names of those who have been most involved in advancing civil rights in St. Louis, the names of Frankie Freeman and Percy Green are prominent. Frankie Freeman has been active for most of her nine decades. Percy Green has been involved for half that time, but their contributions have been significant. Freeman, an attorney, has contributed through her work on integrating public housing. She spent 16 years on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Percy Green has been an outspoken activist who made national headlines with a bold scaling of the St. Louis Gateway Arch to protest inequities in construction employment. He engineered disruptions of the Veiled Prophet Ball for the same reason. Freeman and Green used different approaches in their battle against discrimination. She, the rule of law. He, civil disobedience. Nonetheless, their objective was the same.
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Frankie Freeman, attorney and civil rights activist
Percy Green, civil rights activist
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Examples of civil disobedience
Frankie Freeman interview video
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