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Wyoming Equality Day: Liz Byrd’s quest to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
Did you perhaps wonder as you sipped your coffee this morning about how Wyoming Equality Day originated? Cheyenne native and Wyoming state legislator Harriett Elizabeth “Liz” Byrd was the guiding individual behind it. Byrd was the first black woman to … Continue reading
Posted in African American history, Martin Luther King Jr., Political history, Social justice, Women in Politics, women's history, Wyoming history
Tagged Civil Rights Movement, Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, Liz Byrd, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. Day, politics, Racial Discrimination, Wyoming Equality Day; Harriett Elizabeth Byrd;, Wyoming history
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