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Gladys McCoy
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Gladys McCoy (February 28, 1928 – April 11, 1993) was an American politician who was the first African American elected to public office in the state of O
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, “everybody knew the ground rules. There was no mistaking where your place was.”
“They own you,”
"They really put you through the grind.”
"Still, you are expected to be intelligent, articulate, civil, kind, charitable, accepting of anything that comes.”
A project of the Oregan Historical Society By Alison Gash, June 10, 2022, Retrieved 10/11/2023.
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Category:African-American feminists
Category:Women activists from the United States
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Category:1993 deaths
Category:Politicians from Tennessee