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Lena Horne, the granddaughter of Cora Calhoun Horne, a prominent activist with W.E.B. Du Bois in the Niagara Movement that gave rise to the NAACP,was active in the NAACP virtually from birth. At the age of two, in 1919, she appeared on the cover of the NAACP's monthly journal, The Crisis, which was edited by Du Bois.  … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Celebs in the Civil Rights Movement