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Flo Kennedy - BlackFacts.com Showcase of Inspiring Black Women
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Florynce Rae Kennedy was an American lawyer, feminist, civil rights advocate, lecturer and activist.
Kennedy remembered a time in her childhood when her father had to be armed with a shotgun in order to ward off the neighborhood Ku Klux Klan.
After getting her law degree from Columbia Law School in 1951, Kennedy opened her own office, doing matrimonial work, and some assigned criminal cases.
She dedicated life to her law career and defending civil rights on “a pathologically, institutionally racist, sexist and classist society.”
BlackFacts.com is the Internet's longest running Black History Encyclopedia. Our podcast summarizes the vast stories of Black history in daily episodes known as Black Facts Of The Day™.
Since 1997, BlackFacts.com has been serving up Black History Facts on a daily basis to millions of users and followers on the web and via social media.
Learn Black History. Teach Black History.
For more Black Facts, join Black Facts Nation at BlackFacts.com/join.
Because Black History is 365 Days a Year, and Black Facts Matter!
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Manage episode 287743398 series 2885711
Florynce Rae Kennedy was an American lawyer, feminist, civil rights advocate, lecturer and activist.
Kennedy remembered a time in her childhood when her father had to be armed with a shotgun in order to ward off the neighborhood Ku Klux Klan.
After getting her law degree from Columbia Law School in 1951, Kennedy opened her own office, doing matrimonial work, and some assigned criminal cases.
She dedicated life to her law career and defending civil rights on “a pathologically, institutionally racist, sexist and classist society.”
BlackFacts.com is the Internet's longest running Black History Encyclopedia. Our podcast summarizes the vast stories of Black history in daily episodes known as Black Facts Of The Day™.
Since 1997, BlackFacts.com has been serving up Black History Facts on a daily basis to millions of users and followers on the web and via social media.
Learn Black History. Teach Black History.
For more Black Facts, join Black Facts Nation at BlackFacts.com/join.
Because Black History is 365 Days a Year, and Black Facts Matter!
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