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Ruth Harvey Charity

1924–1996

United States

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Ruth LaCountess Harvey Wood Charity (/h’a:vi/, HAHR-vee; April 18, 1924 – April 26, 1996) was an African American civil rights activist and defense attorney in Danville. In 1970, she became the first African American woman to sit on the Danville city council. She was one of four Virginia members of the Democratic National Committee.

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