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Meredith Herndon

Meredith Herndon is the writer and editor for the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum.

A black-and-white image of Diane Nash at the podium with men and a woman sitting on either side of her in chairs. Nash stands in the center of the image behind the podium labeled [L.R. HALL/ AUDITORIUM] speaking into the microphone.

Excluded from National Leadership, Black Women Were the Backbone of the Civil Rights Movement

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, read about three Black women who worked and sacrificed to keep the movement going.

Candid color photo of Audre Lorde from the shoulders up standing at a microphone and podium.

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