Carrie Meek 
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SOURCE: CNN
11/28/2021
Carrie Meek, Trailblazing Black Congresswoman, Dies at 95
Carrie Meek was the daughter of sharecroppers and the granddaughter of a slave; she was elected to Congress from Florida in 1992 as one of the first Black representatives since Reconstruction.
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