Longtime civil rights activist Cordy Tindell Vivian passed away at the age of 95. A friend and ally of Martin Luther King, he was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement. C.T. Vivian founded the Nashville Christian Leadership Conference. He served as national director for affiliates of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference . Vivian continued to remain active even though the movement had come to a conclusion. During the 1970s he established the Black Action Strategies and Information Center, which worked to increase workforce integration. C.T Vivian would continue to lecture and do public speaking for human rights promotion.
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