Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Daisy Elliott, Detroiter behind Michigan civil rights law, dies

By Mark Hicks and Chad Livengood, The Detroit News

Daisy Elliott, an African-American civil rights advocate and former Michigan representative who helped push through a landmark law aimed at protecting against racial bias as well as other forms of discrimination, has died at age 98, friends and family announced late Tuesday.

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