A Freedom Rider, the woman who integrated the New Orleans public school system and the first African-American female to have a film nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards will be honored during the 2015 Freedom Award Gala Oct. 22. Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, who participated in the Freedom Rides, and was held on death row at Parchman Penitentiary in 1961, was also one of the planners of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. She was also involved in one of the most violent sit-ins…Morning Edition RSS Feed via http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/morning_call/2015/08/civil-rights-museum-announces-freedom-award.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
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