Mary Lucille Hamilton | |
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![]() The 1961 arrest photo for Harlem CORE member Mary Hamilton as a Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi. At the time, she was 25 years old. | |
Born | [1] Cedar Rapids, Iowa | October 13, 1935
Died | November 11, 2002[1] | (aged 67)
Nationality | American |
Other names | Mary Hamilton Young, Mary Hamilton Wesley |
Occupation(s) | Activist, Teacher |
Known for | Activism during the Civil Rights Movement, Hamilton v. Alabama (1964) |
Movement | Civil Rights Movement |
Mary Lucille Hamilton (October 13, 1935 – November 11, 2002) was an African-American civil rights activist. Her case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Hamilton v. Alabama, decided that an African-American woman was entitled to the same courteous forms of address customarily reserved solely to whites in the Southern United States,[2] and that calling a black person by his or her first name in a legal proceeding was "a form of racial discrimination".[3]
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