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| Roy Innis dies at 82 https://tinyurl.com/hs7na5d Roy Innis, conservative civil rights crusader who embraced gun rights, dies at 82 Roy Innis, a polarizing civil rights icon who famously tussled with the Rev. Al Sharpton and a white supremacist on TV talk shows, has died. He was 82. Innis died Sunday at a New York City hospital. The cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease, according to the Washington Post. Innis led the Congress of Racial Equality for more than four decades — espousing a conservatism that was reviled by left-leaning activists. He transformed CORE from a multiracial group known for pushing nonviolent social change, to a black nationalist organization that resisted integration. Innis decried affirmative action and loudly opposed busing as a strategy to combat segregation in schools. A National Rifle Association board member, he also drew the condemnation of other black activists by arguing that gun control was “meant to deprive you of your freedom.” |
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