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Posted: 2012-02-17T18:15:49Z | Updated: 2012-02-17T18:15:49Z Dr. Olivia Hooker, 96, Honored For Decades Of Civil Rights Pioneering | HuffPost

Dr. Olivia Hooker, 96, Honored For Decades Of Civil Rights Pioneering

At 96, First Black Woman To Serve In U.S. Coast Guard Continues Fight For Civil Rights
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An angry mob of white men charged into her house while her mother was cooking breakfast. They robbed the house and tossed out the freshly made meal after burning down a clothesline where her doll clothes hung. Dr. Olivia Hooker first experienced discrimination at the age of 6, while hiding under a table with her siblings for of fear of being shot.

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