Florynce Kennedy (February 11, 1916 — December 22, 2000), was a lawyer, activist, civil rights advocate, and feminist. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Activism, in a general sense can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate
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Early life
Florynce Rae Kennedy was born in Kansas City. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages She had a seemingly casual childhood, though exposed to racism in her mostly white neighborhood. After high school, she worked many jobs including owning a hat shop and operating elevators.
Finally, in 1942, "Flo" (as she was called) began classes at Columbia University. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. She majored in pre-law. However, when she applied for law school in 1944, Columbia rejected her because of her race, so Flo threatened to sue the school. Finally, they admitted her.
Activism
Kennedy married Charles Dye in 1957. She wasn't a fan of her marriage, saying of its exclusive properties that "Why would you lock yourself in the bathroom just because you have to go three times a day?"
Some of her law clients were Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7 1915 – July 17 1959 was an American Jazz singer and songwriter
Her activism is divided into two parts: feminism and civil rights. In feminism, she often traveled with writer Gloria Steinem, talking to women in a speaking tour. Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist icon Journalist and women's rights advocate If a man asked the pair if they were lesbians- a stereotype of feminists at the time- Flo would famously answer, "Are you my alternative?" In 1971 she founded the Feminist Party, which nominated Shirley Chisholm for president. She also helped found the Women's Political Caucus and the National Organization for Women.
She is also known for her pro-choice activism on abortion, writing a book called Abortion Rap, and stating that "If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. " In 1972, Flo filed tax evasion to the IRS against the Catholic church, saying that their pro-life campaign violated the breech of church and state. The Overview See also Ethical aspects of abortion Pro-life individuals generally believe that human life should be valued either from conception or Implantation
On the side of civil rights, Flo represented H. Rap Brown and the Black Panthers. The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxist / Maoist African-American organization established In her Media Workshop in 1966, she stated that she would lead boycotts of the workshop's major advertisers if they didn't feature black people in their ads.
Flo was known for her flamboyant dress (often in cowboy hats and pink sunglasses) and attitude. A cowboy is an animal Herder who tends Cattle on Ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback and often performs a multitude of Sunglasses or sun glasses are a visual aid variously termed Spectacles or Glasses, which feature lenses that are coloured or darkened to prevent strong Once, to protest the lack of female bathrooms at Harvard, she led a mass urination on the grounds. When asked about this, she says "I'm just a loud-mouthed middle-aged colored lady with a fused spine and three feet of intestines missing and a lot of people think I'm crazy. Maybe you do too, but I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. The mystery to me is why more people aren't like me. " In 1974, People magazine wrote that she was "The biggest, loudest and, indisputably, the rudest mouth on the battleground. People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published "
Acting
Besides her legal and activist work, she also acted in two films. In The Landlord (1970), she played Enid the Maid. The Landlord is a 1970 film directed by Hal Ashby, which was based on the novel by Kristin Hunter. In the independent political drama Born In Flames (1983), she played Zella (credited as "Flo Kennedy"). Born in Flames is a 1983 documentary -style Feminist Science fiction Film by Lizzie Borden that explores Racism
Later life and death
In 1976, she wrote an autobiography called Color Me Flo: My Hard Life and Good Times, which talked about her life and extensive career. At the end of her life, she was confined to a wheelchair. She died December 21, 2000, at the age of 84. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
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