Freeman was instrumental in creating the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights founded in 1982.
She was 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.On February 5, 2015, President Barack Obama appointed Freeman to serve as a Member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars.