"We should not want to think of America as a 'melting pot,' but as a great interracial laboratory where Americans can really begin to build the thing which the rest of the world feels they stand for...that is real democracy."
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Civil rights activistsWomen activists from the United StatesWomen politicians in the United States20th-century African-American womenLegislators from the United States
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Speech at the Women's Centennial Congress, NYC (Nov. 1940); Howard A. Myrick, "Recalling Philadelphia's civil rights figures during Black History Month", Chestnut Hill Local (Feb. 5, 2020)
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Crystal Bird Fauset
Crystal Dreda Bird Fauset (June 27, 1893 – March 27, 1965) was an American civil rights activist, social worker, race relations specialist, and the first female African American state legislator elected in the United States, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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