This civil rights trailblazer is now being honored by the very same university that expelled her for the riots that ensued over her enrollment in 1956.
Since this photo of the familial flight crew was published to social media last week, it has been shared thousands of times.
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Saudi Arabia's official news agency said Friday that King Abdullah issued a royal decree granting women seats on the country's top 150-member advisory council for the first time.
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126 years to the day since the copper lady was first unveiled in New York City's harbor, and after a year-long renovation, the Statue Of Liberty is set to receive visitors once again inside her crown. A Sunday ceremony marked the reopening of the statue's crown and new access to a lower observation deck for the first time to visitors with disabilities.
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