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Rita Schwerner Bender

EN cinema · 1 credits

Born

1 January 1942 (age 84)

Also known as Rita Levant Schwerner Bender

Rita Levant Schwerner Bender is a civil rights activist and lawyer. She and her first husband Michael Schwerner participated in the Freedom Summer of 1964, where Michael was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan.

Known for

Filmography

Freedom Summer poster

Freedom Summer

EN · 20147.2

as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee