Ep. 59 - Muriel Tillinghast: Desegregation Activism on the Front Lines

Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 7 a.m.

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Meet Muriel Tillinghast, a human rights activist from the 1960\\u2019s to today! She takes us on a long but fascinating journey from the initial civil rights activities in the 1960\\u2019s through an extensive career in revenue generation and oversight to mediation and negotiation to educational teaching and administration. She describes her experiences in NAG and SNCC in both desegregation and tenant rights. She tells us about her advocacy work in AIDs, immigration, medical experimentation, murder/false accusation, alternative sentencing, prison reform, and housing issues. She was even a Green Party candidate for Vice-President in 1996! This woman has LIVED it!

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