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PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD)– Peoria city leaders gathered downtown Wednesday afternoon to celebrate an honorary street naming for Annie Malone, the first African American female millionaire. Born on Aug. 9, 1869, Malone moved to Peoria, Illinois as a teenager where she attended classes at Peoria High School and excelled in chemistry, but health problems forced her […] ....

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