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Jean Smith Young
1942–
United States
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Jean Smith Young (born 1942) is an American psychiatrist, writer, and civil rights activist. She was an organizer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 1964 Freedom Summer.
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