The Rev. Charles Sherrod, who served as the first field secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and was a transformative leader during the Civil Rights Movement, has passed away, reports the Washington Post. He was 85. His wife of 56 years, Shirley Miller Sherrod said the cause of his passing was lung cancer. […]

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