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Country

United States

Birth - Death

1936 - 1996

Occupation

Politics

Notable Achievements

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Description

Leader of the Civil Rights Movement, first African American elected to Texas Senate, and later first black southern female elected to the US House of Representives. Discreet in her sexuality, but had a long term relationship with Nancy Earl.