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#OnThisDay, 24 Aug 1950, Edith Sampson becomes the first Black American delegate to the United Nations.
Sampson had been a social worker before becoming a lawyer. She went on to be the first Black woman to be elected as a judge in Illinois.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory #Histodons
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