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Hattie Carthan

1900–1984

United States

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Hattie Carthan (September 7, 1900 – April 22, 1984) was an American community activist and environmentalist who was instrumental in improving the quality of life of the Brooklyn, New York community of Bedford-Stuyvesant.

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