Percy Green to be honored for inclusion heroics Oct. 7

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Percy Green to be honored for inclusion heroics Oct. 7

Percy Green, whose civil rights protest for inclusion in the construction industry, will be honored at 10 a.m. October 7, 2024, at Gateway Arch National Park. The “Afro Day in the Park Tribute to Percy Grenn” will include a walk with Green from Luther Ely Smith Square to the north leg of the gateway Arch. […]

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