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Frankie Muse Freeman
American lawyer
Marie Frankie Muse Freeman (née Muse; November 24, – January 12, )[1] was an Americancivil rights attorney, and the first woman to be appointed to the United States Commission on Civil Rights (–79), a federal fact-finding body that investigates complaints alleging discrimination.
Frankie muse freeman biography of mahatma
Freeman was instrumental in creating the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights founded in She was a practicing attorney in State and Federal courts for nearly sixty years.
In , 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.[2]
On February 5, , President Barack Obama appointed Freeman to serve as a Member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars.[3]
Biography
The daughter of William Brown Muse and Maude Beatrice Smith Muse, Frankie came from a college-educated family.
She was born