MONUMENTAL with Civil Rights Pioneer Marvin Chambers
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Marvin Chambers was a student at Stephens Lee High School when he helped desegregate his hometown of Asheville, NC. It was the late 1950s, and he was a founding member of ASCORE (the Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality). As a student, he fought for racial justice in access to public spaces from schools to lunch counters to libraries to parks, and in his professional life as a mechanical engineer, he continued to give of his time, always working toward a more just and more caring community. This month we listen to Marvin Chambers’ story and honor his monumental impact.
