Fallen Heroes of 2014

Published: Dec. 17, 2014, 3 a.m.

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Fallen Heroes of 2014

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Hundreds of social justice advocates and organizers passed away in 2014, leaving their work behind as their legacy, but often also leaving an irreplaceable hole in their movements.

On today\\u2019s edition of Making Contact we honor and revisit the lives of just a few of those fallen heroes who passed away this year.
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  • Chokwe Lumumba, former mayor of Jackson MS
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  • Morgan Powell, Bronx River Sankofa founder
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  • Charity Hicks, Detroit People\\u2019s Water Board co-founder
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  • Darby Tillis, death penalty opponent
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  • Yuri Kochiyama, civil rights activist
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  • Ted Gullickson, San Francisco Tenants Union director
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  • George Carter;\\xa0Kids\\xa0Rethink\\xa0New Orleans Schools participant
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  • Leslie Feinberg, author of Stone Butch Blues
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  • Eddie Ellis, prison reform advocate
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  • Mark Naison, Fordham University African-American history professor
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  • \\xa0Lila Cabbil, Rosa Parks Institute president emeritus
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  • Diane Fujino, author of Heartbeat of Struggle, the revolutionary life of Yuri Kochiyama
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  • Taiyo Na, author
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  • Randy Shaw, Tenderloin Housing Clinic executive director
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  • Qasim Davis,\\xa0Kids Rethink\\xa0New Orleans Schools project manager
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  • Perry Cobb, Darby Tillis\\u2019 co-defendant
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  • Dr. Divine Pryor, executive Director of the center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions
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