Audrey faye hendricks biography books
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On May 2, 1963, nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks became the youngest known person arrested during the Civil Rights Movement. She was one of hundreds of children who took part in marches against segregation in the city of Birmingham, Alabama.
Audrey Faye Hendricks was born in Birmingham in 1953, the eldest daughter of Lola and Joe. Her mother, Lola, had graduated from business school and did clerical work for a black-owned insurance company. Her father, Joe, only had an elementary school education having worked as a sharecropper since he was fem in his hometown of Boligee, AL. In Birmingham, Joe worked as a laborer and a säkerhet guard at a dog food company and a slaughterhouse. She had a younger sister, Jan. Both Joe and Lola were involved in the local Civil Rights Movement. Joe had been arrested with fifteen other African American men when they refused to give up their seats on a bus and spent six nights in jail. Her mother worked with the Southern Christian Leadership Confer
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Audrey Faye Hendricks
Youngest known demonstrator to be incarcerated during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963
Audrey Faye Hendricks (born in 1953) is known as the youngest known demonstrator to be incarcerated during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. At just nine years old, Audrey was involved in the Brown v. Board Education march with Civil Rights Leaders to establish that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional, being one of many children who were arrested and jailed. Audrey was also one of thousands of children involved in the Children's Crusade on May 2, 1963.[2]
Early life
[edit]Audrey Faye Hendricks was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1953 to Lola Mae Haynes and Joseph Hendricks, she also has a sister, Jan Hendricks Fuller. Audrey attended school at Center Street Elementary in Birmingham, Alabama.[3] Audrey's mother, Lola Mae Hendricks was a clerk-typist and a secretary working from Shuttlesworth's office at Bethel Baptist Churc
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The youngest marcher: the story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a ung civil rights activist
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| Grouping Title | youngest marcher the story of audrey faye hendricks a young civil rights activist |
| Grouping Author | cynthia levinson |
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| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-02-20 22:18:23PM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-02-20 22:21:43PM |
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Branford/Blackstone Juv. Biography
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Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 196