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Tara J. Young, founder of hiphopadvocate.org, a blogsite that promotes advocacy and organizing with a hip hop twist, recruited close to 40 Civil Rights workers and volunteers representing 15 organizations to speak through the Facebook page: Civil Rights Heroes (Workers and Volunteer) on Face Book, to inspire and promote the power of the ‘foot soldier’.

“We know there are notable and honorable leaders—icons of the Civil Rights Movement—but the dream wouldn’t have been a reality, if it wasn’t for foot soldiers, boys, girls, men, women and seniors, who fearlessly executed the plan to gain equality,” said Young.

Here’s how it works: The morning of February 1, 2011, the Civil Rights hero or heroes assigned to that day will state in 5–10 sentences their experience or an event witnessed, and throughout they will respond to public comments and questions and even discuss current headlines.

The Civil Rights workers want to hear what people—especially young people—have to say or ask about the movement.

To join the conversation with Civil Rights Workers and Volunteers people just have to click the ‘Like’ button on the Face Book page: CivilRightsHeroesWorkersAndVolunteersOnFacebook