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Powell pictured in the 1957 yearbook. PHOTO COURTESY OF SJU ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Across decades, Rodney Powell ’57 fought for change

Annie Clark April 10, 2019

Former activist discusses time at St. Joe’s Dr. Rodney Powell ’57 stood between civil rights activists John Lewis and James Bevel, both of whom were seated at a whites-only Walgreens lunch counter...

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