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Bobby Donaldson

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Bobby Donaldson is an associate professor of history and director of the Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the University of South Carolina.

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Herbert Lee Wright (1927-2020): An architect of justice

By Bobby Donaldson
June 4, 2020 - Herbert Lee Wright passed away at age 92 last month in Arizona from complications related to the coronavirus. Though he doesn't appear prominently in U.S. history books, he played a critical role in shaping the modern Civil Rights Movement as the NAACP's national youth secretary from 1951 to 1962, defending students who participated in sit-ins and criticizing older leaders who wanted to end the protests.