Mary Lucille Hamilton | |
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| Born | October 13, 1935[1] Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| Died | November 11, 2002 (aged 67)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Mary Hamilton Young, Mary Hamilton Wesley |
| Occupation(s) | Activist, teacher |
| Known for | Hamilton v. Alabama (1964) |
| Movement | Civil rights movement |
Mary Lucille Hamilton (October 13, 1935 – November 11, 2002) was an African American civil rights activist. Her case before the United States Supreme Court, Hamilton v. Alabama, decided that an African American woman was entitled to the same courteous forms of address customarily reserved solely to whites in the Southern United States,[2] and that calling a black person by his or her first name in a legal proceeding was "a form of racial discrimination".[3]
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