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Photograph of Georgia representative Grace Towns Hamilton with Governor George Busbee.He sits at a desk, and she stands to the left.The first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly, Hamilton was also the first female of her race in the Deep South to hold a public office of such consequence. She was among eight African Americans sent to the state legislature in a special election in June 1965; they were the first to enter the lower house since the end of Reconstruction.
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- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African American College Teachers
- African American Legislators
- African American Politicians
- African American Women
- African American Women Civil Rights Workers
- African American Women College Teachers
- African American Women Legislators
- African Americans
- Atlanta
- Busbee, George, 1927
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Workers
- College Teachers
- Desks
- Georgia
- Governors
- Hamilton, Grace Towns, 1907 1992
- Legislators
- Politicians
- Women
- Women Civil Rights Workers
- Women College Teachers
- Women Legislators
- Women Politicians
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