Marie Hicks
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For the historian of technology, see Marie Hicks (historian).
Marie A. Hicks (December 20, 1923 – April 19, 2007) was an African-American activist during the American civil rights movement.
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Marie A. Hicks | |
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Born | (1923-12-20)December 20, 1923 |
Died | April 19, 2007(2007-04-19) (aged 83) |
Occupation(s) | American civil rights activist and sociologist |
Known for | Pressuring Girard College to integrate |
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Nicknamed "the Rosa Parks of Girard College," Hicks is best known for leading thousands of pickets around the wall of that academic institution during the mid-1960s. Her efforts led to her sons being enrolled in the formerly all-white school in 1968.[1]