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NOTABLE DEATHS | December 29, 2016
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An accomplished artist whose work has been featured in galleries in America and France
Created one of the first modeling agencies and schools for African-Americans
The first woman to be accepted into the Northwestern University Band.
One of the first African Americans to integrate the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Force.
First African-American registered nurse to graduate from Hartford Hospital School
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