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 Grace Lewis
Louisville 1948- Grace Lewis was born in Tennessee in March 1948 but grew up in Louisville. She became one of the first blacks to attend a white school in Jefferson County when she enrolled in Theodore Ahrens High School, a trade school, to study business education. She graduated in 1966 but could not find a job in Louisville. In 1969, she moved to Washington, DC and took and passed the federal civil service examination. She worked first for the Department of the Navy as a clerk-stenographer, then moved to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. While in Washington, Lewis also became involved in the campaign to free Angela Davis as well as other social-justice causes. And she has continued to be involved in civil rights and other issues since returning to Louisville in 1987 to care for sick relatives. She is active in the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, in the Kentucky Rainbow Coalition, and in women’s health concerns. Living the Story > Biographies > Grace Lewis
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