Lorraine Hairston Morton (December 8, 1918 – September 8, 2018) was an American politician who was the mayor of Evanston, Illinois, from 1993 to 2009. Morton was Evanston's first African-American mayor, first Democratic mayor, and longest-serving mayor. She is also notable for spearheading the desegregation of Evanston's public schools as a teacher and school principal.
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8 December 1918 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
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8 September 2018 (aged 99) Skokie, Illinois, U.S.
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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