Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., Bellevue woman's mother led the fight to end the poll tax

[Omaha Steve]

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Charlene is the Chairwoman of the Sarpy County Democratic Party: http://sarpydemocrats.org/



Charlene Ligon

By Emily Nitcher / World-Herald staff writer Jan 16, 2017 Updated 5 hrs ago

Evelyn T. Butts fought for better schools. She protested discriminatory hiring. And the civil rights pioneer opened the door to voting for thousands.

Butts’ hero was the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. And on a holiday remembering the man with a dream, her daughter, Charlene Ligon, said it’s important to remember those who have and will work tirelessly to achieve it.

“Realize that these people sacrificed quite a bit for people to move forward,” said Ligon, an Air Force veteran who now lives in Bellevue and is chair of the Sarpy County Democrats. “For the whole country to move forward. I don’t just mean black people, but for the whole country to move forward.”
Ligon, 68, described her mother as “a mover and a shaker.”

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Evelyn T. Butts

[JI7]

1. and we will have to continue to fight to make sure this does not come back

[GeoWilliam750]

2. Thank you for posting this

We need to remember that when people stop fighting every day for their rights is often when they are lost.