Frankie Muse Freeman

Who is Frankie Muse Freeman?

The Honorable Frankie Muse Freeman is an American civil rights attorney, and the first woman to be appointed to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, a federal fact-finding body that investigates complaints alleging discrimination. Freeman was instrumental in creating the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights founded in 1982. She has been a practicing attorney in state and federal courts for nearly sixty years.

In 2007, Freeman was inducted in the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia, for her leadership role in the Civil Rights Movement.