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Alma Speed Fox

1923–2022

United States

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Alma Speed Fox (February 18, 1923 - January 24, 2022) was an African-American civil rights activist born in Cleveland, Ohio and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is considered the "Mother" of Pittsburgh's civil rights movement.

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