Civil rights leader and former Metro council member Kwame Leo Lillard dies
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) –Civil rights activist and former Metro council member Kwame Leo Lillard has died. Lillard was a Nashville civil rights activist for most of his life, and received beatings, burns, curses, and racist surnames during sit-ins he helped organize in the 1960s. This is a developing story. The Tennessee Tribune will update this story as more details become available.
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