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Amelia Boynton, Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress, at her home Selma, Alabama.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Aiken, Elizabeth Boone

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Boynton was the first African American woman to run for Congress in Alabama. She lost in the state primary but won about ten percent of the vote.
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1964 03 03
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  1. African Americans
  2. Dallas County (Ala.)
  3. Domestic Life
  4. Government
  5. Houses
  6. Political Activity
  7. Political Campaigns
  8. Politics & Government
  9. Robinson, Amelia Boynton, 1911 2015
  10. Selma (Ala.)

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