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DeVerne Calloway’s Legacy Counts Among Missouri Black History Month

As the first Black woman elected to the Missouri Legislature, Calloway continues to inspire young elected officials In June 1961, DeVerne Calloway sat down at her typewriter to write a column about the uncertain future of the Freedom Rides organized by the activist group Congress of Racial Equity (CORE). For almost two months, the Freedom […]