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Arthur L. Hardge
1927–1983
United States
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Arthur L. Hardge (April 8, 1927 – October 29, 1983) was an American civil rights movement leader, a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and a University of Rhode Island administrator. In 1968, he became Rhode Island's first African American cabinet member when Governor John Chafee appointed him to serve as director of the Rhode Island Department of Community Affairs.
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