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Mural Honors Civil Rights Hero Jibreel Khazan | New Bedford News
A powerful new mural at New Bedford’s Community Health Center honors Jibreel Khazan, the civil rights icon who helped ignite the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins and spent decades uplifting his adopted hometown. Commissioned by Senator Mark Montigny’s Children’s Fund, the three-panel artwork—painted by Jeff Henriquez and David Guadalupe, designed by Eden Soares, Alison Wells, and inspired by Khazan’s legacy—celebrates his wisdom, spiritual depth, and dedication to education. Arriving in New Bedford in 1965 after facing job discrimination for his activism, Khazan became a quiet force of change, deeply…
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