FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - Carrie Meek, the grandchild of a slave and a sharecropper's daughter who became one of the first Black Floridians elected
Meek, the grandchild of a slave and a sharecropper's daughter who became one of the first Black Floridians elected to Congress since Reconstruction, died Sunday. She was 95.
Meek, the grandchild of a slave and a sharecropper's daughter who became one of the first Black Floridians elected to Congress since Reconstruction, died Sunday. She was 95.
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