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Representative Fred D. Gray of Macon County, Alabama.

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

Nesbitt, Charles

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In 1970, Gray and Thomas Reed became the first African Americans to serve in the Alabama Legislature since Reconstruction.
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1970 12
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  1. African Americans
  2. Alabama
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Civil Rights Leaders
  5. Government
  6. Gray, Fred
  7. Lawyers
  8. Legislators
  9. Political Activity
  10. Politics & Government

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