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3 unusual facts about M. Athalie Range


M. Athalie Range

Athalie Range (Born Mary Athalie Wilkinson on November 7, 1915 in Key West, Florida- November 14, 2006 in Miami, Florida) was a civil rights activist and politician who was the first African-American to serve on the Miami, Florida City Commission, and the first African-American since Reconstruction and the first woman to head a Florida state agency, the Department of Community Affairs.

Athalie Wilkinson graduated from all-black Booker T. Washington High School in Overtown, Miami.

Athalie Range was one of the first African-Americans in Florida to back Jimmy Carter when he ran for President.



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