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The Margaret Sanger Award was an honor awarded annually by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 1966 to 2015. [1] Created to honor the legacy of Margaret Sanger , the founder of Planned Parenthood, it is the Federation's highest honor.
Sanger's work with minorities earned praise from Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr.; when he was not able to attend his Margaret Sanger award ceremony, in May 1966, Mrs. King read her husband's acceptance speech that praised Sanger, but first said her own words: "Because of [Sanger's] dedication, her deep convictions, and for her suffering for ...
"Why We Must Go to Washington,"; speech by Martin Luther King Jr. at a staff retreat at Ebenezer Baptist Church, February 15, 1968 Atlanta, GA The only reference to this speech is located in the SCLC archives for MLK speaks, the speech in its entirety ran during Episodes 6807 & 6808. [142] February 16 "Things are not Right in this Country"
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Ninety-nine years ago today, on October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger opened the first family planning clinic in the United States. Sanger is credited with sparking the birth control movement, and ...
In 1966, she was presented with the National Margaret Sanger Award for her work in promoting birth control. [12] In 1970, she received a Presidential Award for her work as a curator for the EPHS. [13] Goetting continued to fight for women's access to birth control until her death in 1980. [4]
Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King was a pillar of the civil rights movement. She played a central role in King's work, having given up her dream of being a singer to support her husband and ...
That’s why Valadez, 56, is being awarded the 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Award, presented by Columbia Basin College in Pasco.