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Edna Griffin, Civil Rights Leader, 1909-2000

Edna Griffin became a civil rights pioneer on a hot July day in 1948 when she sat down at a Des Moines lunch counter.

Source: Des Moines Register Extras, Famous Iowans

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/40618040/1001/NEWS

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