1914–1965
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Juliette Derricotte
1897–1931
United States
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Juliette Derricotte (April 1, 1897 – November 7, 1931) was an American educationist and political activist. At the time of her death, she was the Dean of Women at Fisk University. Her death, after being turned away from a white-only hospital following a car accident in Chattanooga, Tennessee, sparked outrage in the African-American community.
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