Margaret sloan hunter biography of christopher lee

Margaret Sloan-Hunter was born on this date in She was a Black lesbian, writer, publisher, feminist, and civil rights activist. She was born in Chattanooga, TN, and grew up in Chicago.

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In high school, she won awards for public speaking. At 17, she founded the Junior Catholic Inter-Racial Council, a group of inner-city and suburban students who worked together against racism. That group talked about problems with racism and worked on racial problems. In the summer of , she participated in the open housing marches in Chicago with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jesse Jackson. Sloan-Hunter was one of the early editors of Ms. While based in New York, she traveled extensively with Gloria Steinem, lecturing on sexism and racism throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. She was awarded the key to Chattanooga, the city of her birth. In , she founded and was the first chairwoman of the National Black Feminist Organization.