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Sharon Banks

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United States

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Sharon D. Banks was the first African-American women to head the San Francisco East Bay's Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, known as "AC Transit". She made California her home after completing her law degree in San Francisco. Banks was revered as a national public transit leader.

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