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Mae Mallory

Mae Mallory (June 9, 1927 – 2007) Mae Mallory was a civil rights activist known for her support of armed self-defense and school integration. Most of all, She was the founder of the “Harlem 9,” a group of nine Black mothers formed to protest the inferior conditions of schools in New York City during the 1950’s. More importantly, Mallory argued that despite the ruling of Brown vs. Board of Education, the zoning policies of the NYC Board of Education, essentially...