Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders
(1879-1966)
African-American civil rights activist and community leader
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Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders (1879 – February 23, 1966) sometimes written as Cecilia Cabaniss Saunders, was an African-American civil rights leader, and executive director of the Harlem, New York YWCA. She is best known for working against racial discrimination in wartime employment during World War II, for broader work training and opportunities for African-American women, and against police violence in Harlem.
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1879 Charleston, South Carolina
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23 February 1966 (aged 86)
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