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Cora Catherine Calhoun Horne

1865–1932

United States

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Cora Catherine Calhoun Horne (November 1865 – September 23, 1932) was an African-American suffragist, civil rights activist, and an Atlanta socialite. She was an early member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and a founding member of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). She was the grandmother of entertainer Lena Horne and raised Horne when she was young.

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