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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Sun Nov 28, 2021, 07:43 PM Nov 2021

Carrie Meek, pioneering Black former congresswoman, dies

Source: Associated Press

FREIDA FRISARO,
Associated Press
Nov. 28, 2021
Updated: Nov. 28, 2021 5:28 p.m.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Carrie Meek, the grandchild of a slave and a sharecropper’s daughter who became one of the first Black Floridians elected to Congress since Reconstruction, died Sunday. She was 95.

Meek died at her home in Miami after a long illness, family spokesperson Adam Sharon said in a statement. The family did not specify a cause of death.

Meek started her congressional career at an age when many people begin retirement. She was 66 when she easily won the 1992 Democratic congressional primary in her Miami-Dade County district. No Republican opposed her in the general election.

Alcee Hastings and Corrine Brown joined Meek in January 1993 as the first Black Floridians to serve in Congress since 1876 as the state’s districts had been redrawn by the federal courts in accordance with the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Former-Florida-U-S-Rep-Carrie-Meek-dies-at-95-16657379.php







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Carrie Meek, pioneering Black former congresswoman, dies (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2021 OP
Godspeed Representative Carrie. Tommymac Nov 2021 #1
Oh.😔 Rest in Power and Peace, Rep Carrie Meek! electric_blue68 Nov 2021 #2
... littlemissmartypants Nov 2021 #3
If anyone is looking for a way to honor Meeks, here's one possibility. ShazzieB Nov 2021 #4
Oh wow. So sorry to see this BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #5
RIP MustLoveBeagles Nov 2021 #6
May she Rest In Peace and May her Memory be a Blessing. iluvtennis Nov 2021 #7
Rest In Power, Carrie Meek. DinahMoeHum Nov 2021 #8
Rest in power, Rep. Meek. niyad Nov 2021 #9

electric_blue68

(14,623 posts)
2. Oh.😔 Rest in Power and Peace, Rep Carrie Meek!
Sun Nov 28, 2021, 08:30 PM
Nov 2021


Strength to her family, friends, former staff, and colleagues.

ShazzieB

(15,958 posts)
4. If anyone is looking for a way to honor Meeks, here's one possibility.
Sun Nov 28, 2021, 10:02 PM
Nov 2021

The Carrie Meek Foundation

https://carriemeekfoundation.org/

About Us

Established in 2001 following Congresswoman Carrie P. Meek’s retirement, The Carrie Meek Foundation sustains U.S. Congresswoman Meek’s work through grantmaking, civic engagement, and community development. The Carrie Meek Foundation is the legacy in action of one of the most visionary and productive public servants in U.S. history.

BumRushDaShow

(127,330 posts)
5. Oh wow. So sorry to see this
Sun Nov 28, 2021, 10:14 PM
Nov 2021


I know her son Kendrick had been in Congress for a few terms before the 2010 election.

Condolences to the family, thank you for your long service Ms. Meek, and R.I.P.

niyad

(112,440 posts)
9. Rest in power, Rep. Meek.
Mon Nov 29, 2021, 12:23 AM
Nov 2021

Would you consider cross-posting this in Women's Rights and Issues? Thanks in advance.

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