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Elmer Lucille Allen

1931–

United States

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Elmer Lucille Allen (born August 23, 1931) is an American ceramic artist and chemist. In 1966, she became the first African-American chemist at Brown-Forman in Louisville, Kentucky, and worked there for 31 years. In 2004, she became the first recipient of the Kentucky Arts Council Governor's Award in the Arts for Community Arts.

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