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This #BlackHistoryMonth, I want to celebrate the life of Anna Louise James. The Old Saybrook native was a suffragist, active community leader, and one of the first women and African Americans to register to vote in the town. She was also the first female pharmacist in CT. (1/6) https://t.co/WSOlfpiKHX — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 10, 2021

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The civil rights icon has also been honored with numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the NAACP's Spingarn Medal & the sole John F. Kennedy "Profile in Courage Award" for Lifetime Achievement. #blackhistorymonth (5/5) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 9, 2021

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Anna was the daughter of a Virginia plantation slave who escaped to Connecticut. Dedicating her early life to education, she became the first African American woman to graduate from the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy in 1908. (2/6) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 10, 2021