Frankie Muse Freeman

The Honorable Frankie Muse Freeman (born Marie Frankie 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 to 1979).

On February 5, 2015, President Barack Obama appointed Freeman to serve as a Member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars.

Freeman died on January 12, 2018 in Danville, Virginia at the age of 101.

References

Other websites
 The History Maker: Frankie Muse Freeman bio 
 St. Louis Character: Frankie Freeman, St. Louis Business Journal

Category:1916 births
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Category:African-American lawyers
Category:American centenarians
Category:American civil rights activists
Category:American civil servants
Category:Lawyers from Virginia