Marie Frankie (Muse) Freeman (1916 - 2018)

Born 24 Nov 1916 in Danville, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 12 Jan 2018 at age 101 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Frankie (Muse) Freeman is Notable.

Frankie (Muse) Freeman was awarded the Spingarn Medal for outstanding achievement by an African American.

Frankie (Muse) Freeman was a centenarian, living to age 101.

Marie Frankie Muse Freeman was an American civil rights attorney, and the first woman to be appointed to the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1964–79). She was a practicing attorney in State and Federal courts for nearly sixty years.

Marie Frankie Muse was the daughter of William B. and Maude Muse.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJJP-2LX : 4 January 2021), Marie F Muse in entry for William B Muse, 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CVHR-4T2 : accessed 4 January 2021), Maria F Muse in household of William B Muse, Danville, Danville Township, Montgomery, Missouri Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 9A, line 12, family 215, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2467; FHL microfilm 2,342,201.

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