One of the tougher ones involved getting in contact with the hundreds of women who have been part of the cheerleading squad since it was formed in 1961. “Do you know how many women have changed their names?” Ruhr, chair of the organizing committee for …
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Newseum to hold forum honoring Freedom Riders – Washington Examiner
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Once in high school, Paula Stern was told that she couldn’t try out for cheerleading because the squad “already had a Jew.” Racists left death threats in the family’s mailbox after a newspaper story was published about Gerald Stern’s work as a young …
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Newseum to hold forum honoring Freedom Riders of the civil rights era – The Republic
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Once in high school, Paula Stern was told that she couldn’t try out for cheerleading because the squad “already had a Jew.” Racists left death threats in the family’s mailbox after a newspaper story was published about Gerald Stern’s work as a young …
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Freedom Riders at the Newseum to discuss Civil Rights movement – Washington Post
Once in high school, Paula Stern was told that she couldn’t try out for cheerleading because the squad “already had a Jew.” Racists left death threats in the family’s mailbox after a newspaper story was published about Gerald Stern’s work as a young …
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