Born: 28 November 1894, United States
Died: 11 June 1989
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
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1894, Nov. 28 Born, Duncan, Miss.
circa 1914 Normal school degree, Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn.
circa 1915-circa 1920 Public school teacher, Clarksdale, Miss.
circa 1920-1953 Teacher, Cairo, Ill.
1943 Filed suit against Cairo, Ill., board of education seeking pay equity; suit won by Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP in 1946.
1967-circa 1969 Teacher, Illinois Migrant School Eight, Cairo, Ill.
1973 Filed class action suit against city of Cairo, Ill., challenging electoral system; consent degree granted 1980.
1989, June 11 Died, Carbondale, Ill.