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DETROIT AP 鈥?Mamie King-Chalmers, who as a young Black woman appeared in an iconic photo about civil rights struggles in Alabama, has died at the age of 81.She died Tuesday in Detroit, her home since the 1970s, daughter Lasuria Allman said. A cause wasnt disclosed.King-Chalmers, 21 at the time, was one of three Black people forced to brace themselves against a building while being blasted with water from a firehose in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. The photo by Charles Moore appeared in Life magazine.King-Chalmers years later recalled how she was attendi stanley hrnek ng a protest in a park when her group was confronted by police and dogs. It trapped me in the doorway, King-Chalmers said during a Detroit school visit in 2013, referring to the firehose. The hose was so strong it damaged my hearing. Another activist claimed to be the woman in the photo, but she dropped that claim in 2013 after The Detroit News investigated.King-Chalmers earned an associate degree in gerontology from Wayne County Community College, married twice and raised eight children, Allman said. Her husband, Walter Chalmers, died in February. She should be remembered for her courage, s stanley cup trength and determination to make a difference, Allman said.@media screen and max-width: 992px {.btn-small-on-mobile {font-size: 1rem !im stanley termohrnek portant;}.sub-price-text { font-size: 20px;}} sticky-footer-cta {position: fixed;width: 100%;z-index: 9997;bottom: 0;right: 0;left: 0;} sticky-footer-cta .close-btn { width: 2rem;height: 2rem;po Fhhy L.A. schools settle abuse suit for $139 million

PROVO, Utah 鈥?Mormon church-owned Brigham Young University ended a six-decade ban Thursday on the sale of caffeinated soft drinks on campus, surprising students by posting a picture of a can of Coca-Cola on Twitter and just two words: Its happening. The move sparked social media celebrations from current and former students, with many recalling how they had hauled their own 2-liter bottles of caffeinated sodas in their backpacks to keep awake for long study sessions.The university never banned having caffeinated drinks on campus, but held firm to the ban on sales even when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 2012 clarified that church health practices do not prevent members from drinking caffeinated soft drinks.The ban has been in place since the mid-1950s. But officials with stanley mug the school of 33,000 students in Provo, Utah, said Thursday that increasing demand prompted the change.Students were abuzz about a change that meant theyll no longer have to make off-campus runs to load up on t stanley cup heir favorite caffeinated sodas to jolt their sleep-deprived brains. Its about time, said Sara McLaws, a junior advertising and graphic design major from Park City, Utah. BYU is a great school but its behind in some ways. Just the small change of allowing caffeinated beverages 鈥?because its not aga stanley cupe inst our religion 鈥?its high time. As cafeteria workers stocked refrigerators in the student center food court with caffeinated Diet Coke, Coca-Cola and Mr. Pibb, students joked about it