page_title: Frankie Muse Freeman
section_title: Legacy and honors
hierarchical_section_title: Frankie Muse Freeman / Legacy and honors
caption_attribution_description: English: The bronze figure is six feet tall and stands atop a 6-inch bronze base. The St. Louis Arch and the Old Courthouse, where she won her landmark NAACP case, are seen in the background.
context_page_description: 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, 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.
context_section_description: Freeman received honorary doctorate degrees from several institutions to include Hampton University, University of Missouri–St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Washington University in St. Louis and Howard University.
  1990: Inducted into the National Bar Association's Hall of Fame.
  2011: Received the Spingarn Medal of the NAACP.
  2014: Received the Spirit of Excellence Award from the American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession.
  Sister Freeman had the honor of having a statue erected in downtown St. Louis in Kiener Plaza, at 500 Chestnut Street, with an unveiling date of November 21, 2017. The honor was presented by the NAACP and had many patrons to include Washington Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church where Sister Freeman was an active member.
caption: Bronze Statue of Frankie Muse Freeman
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