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Uploaded by Derpy Vaz Mar 22, 2014 at 12:13AM EDT
Origin Entry: Westboro Baptist Church
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![Before Fred Phelps Preached Hate, He Was a Civil Rights Hero a e-comments IS]1 1 8.11,Tweet 17 PLE SE Like Share 2) Sign Up for Free eNewsletter» A Like f Share on FacebookShare on Twitter BY NAPP NAZWORTH, CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER March 20, 2014| 2:34 pm While Westboro Baptist's Fred Phelps will be mostly remembered for preaching that "God hates f---," part of his legacy is also one of a civil rights hero Phelps, who died Thursday, was once dubbed the leader of "the most hated family in America" by BBC. In the 1950s and 1960s, however, at the Ku Photo: YouTube screengrab) height of the Civil Rights Movement, his advocacy for anti-discrimination Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kans., is seen in this video screengrab Cases as a defense lawyer earned him awards from civil rights groups and retribution from anti-civil rights forces Phelps arrived in Topeka, Kan., in 1954, the same year that the United States Supreme Court handed down its groundbreaking civil right decision, Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kan. That decision led to the desegregation of schools and opened up opportunities for other anti-discrimination cases. Free Sign Up CP Newsletter! WAHTA TWIST](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/720/724/ed6.png "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a senile old homophobic twit")
