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Lula Parrish risked her job and her life by marching for civil rights with more than 100 other African-American teachers in the Selma Teachers March on January 22 1965. Her daughter Joyce O’Neal, described her mother’s bravery and her own fear when her mother left for the march: “She hugged us and didn’t say much. But she was thinking ‘will I have a job when I get back?’ and “will I get back?’” Her other daughter, Phyllis Parrish Alston, published a book about Lula, Lessons From The Front Porch Swing. Both of her daughters also participated, marching with the students.