BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Associated Press) - Birmingham barber and civil rights foot soldier James Armstrong has died. He was 86.
Armstrong died Wednesday. The Birmingham News first reported Armstrong's death on its Web site.
Armstrong had a long history of involvement in the civil rights movement.
He carried the American flag at the head of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights march and in 1957 initiated a class action lawsuit to integrate Birmingham schools after...
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