Vera Pigee
Vera Pigee (1924–2007), was an American civil rights worker in Clarksdale, Mississippi. She served as branch secretary to the Coahoma County chapter of the NAACP, a chapter she helped organize with civil rights leader Aaron Henry. She was an advisor to the Mississippi state NAACP Youth Council. She also served as the supervisor to her region's Citizenship Schools, which held classes on voter registration for African-Americans. Pigee was a fierce integrationist. With fellow NAACP members, she played a pivotal role in desegregating the Clarksdale Bus Terminal in 1961. Ben C. Collins, the Clarksdale chief of police, called her "the most aggressive leader of the NAACP in Clarksdale."
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Vera Pigee
Vera Pigee (1924–2007), was an American civil rights worker in Clarksdale, Mississippi. She served as branch secretary to the Coahoma County chapter of the NAACP, a chapter she helped organize with civil rights leader Aaron Henry. She was an advisor to the Mississippi state NAACP Youth Council. She also served as the supervisor to her region's Citizenship Schools, which held classes on voter registration for African-Americans. Pigee was a fierce integrationist. With fellow NAACP members, she played a pivotal role in desegregating the Clarksdale Bus Terminal in 1961. Ben C. Collins, the Clarksdale chief of police, called her "the most aggressive leader of the NAACP in Clarksdale."
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