Marie Frankie Muse Freeman (née Muse; November 24, 1916 – January 12, 2018) was an American civil rights attorney, and the first woman to be appointed to the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1964–79), a federal fact-finding body that investigates complaints alleging discrimination. Freeman was instrumental in creating the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights founded in 1982. She was a practicing attorney in State and Federal courts for nearly sixty years.
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24 November 1916 Danville, Virginia, USA
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Died |
12 January 2018 (aged 101) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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