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Jerome 'Big Duck' Smith remembered as civil rights icon, mentor at Gallier Hall visitation
WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) and WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedSmith’s family hosted a public visitation, giving community members, former mentees, public officials and longtime friends an opportunity to pay their final respects.
The headline splitWWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) frames it as "Jerome 'Big Duck' Smith remembered as civil rights icon, mentor at Gallier Hall visitation". WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) frames it as "New Orleans honors late civil rights leader Jerome Smith".
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CenterJerome 'Big Duck' Smith remembered as civil rights icon, mentor at Gallier Hall visitation
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Jerome 'Big Duck' Smith remembered as civil rights icon, mentor at Gallier Hall visitation
Smith’s family hosted a public visitation, giving community members, former mentees, public officials and longtime friends an opportunity to pay their final respects
New Orleans honors late civil rights leader Jerome Smith
A visitation at Gallier Hall Friday celebrated the life of Jerome "Big Duck" Smith, a civil rights pioneer and Freedom Rider, whose funeral services are set for Saturday. He died last month...
