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Nov 24, 1916 Danville, Virginia, United States Died on 12 Jan 2018 (aged 101)
American lawyer
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About Frankie Muse Freeman
- 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. In 2007, Freeman was inducted in the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King Jr.
- National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia, for her leadership role in the Civil Rights Movement.On February 5, 2015, President Barack Obama appointed Freeman to serve as a Member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars.
