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DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY
Shamrock Hilton Hotel
Houston, Texas
August 1971

FRANKIE MUSE FREEMAN

Frankie Freeman is Assistant Director, Community Affairs for KMOX-AM Radio. She is an attorney and has been a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights since 1964.

Mrs. Freeman was educated at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, and Howard University School of Law.

She is a member of the Bar Association of Washington, D.C., and Missouri and was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mrs. Freeman is a member of the League of Women Voters; Girl Scout Council of Greater St. Louis; National President, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; Board of Directors, National Council of Negro Women; life member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Board of Directors, Health and Welfare Council of Metropolitan St. Louis; a member of the Family and Children's Service of Greater St. Louis; Young Women's Christian Association and on the Board of Managers, Herbert Hoover Boys' Club.

She is also a member of the St. Louis, American, National and Mound City Bar Associations; the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and the National Housing Conference, Inc.

Mrs. Freeman has been the recipient of the following awards:

Outstanding Citizen Award by the Mound City Press Club in 1953
Woman of Achievement by the National Council of Negro Women in 1956
Outstanding Citizen Award by the St. Louis Argus Newspaper in 1964
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity in 1965
Matrix Award by Theta Sigma Phi in 1965
Woman of Achievement by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat in 1965
Hampton Institute Centennial Medallion in May, 1968
Human Right Award for 1970 by the United Nations Association of St. Louis in December, 1970

Before joining KMOX Radio, Mrs. Freeman was Associate General Counsel and, subsequently, General Counsel for St. Louis Housing Authority, Assistant Attorney General of Missouri ('55-'56) and an instructor in Business Law at Associated Colleges of Upper New York, Sampson, New York.

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[[caption]] National President, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. [[/caption]]