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About Gladys Noel Bates
- Gladys Noel Bates (born March 26, 1920, McComb, Mississippi, died October 15, 2010, Denver, Colorado) was an African-American civil rights pioneer, and educator who filed a lawsuit, Gladys Noel Bates vs the State of Mississippi, in 1948 charging salary discrimination against black teachers and principals.
- Although her lawsuit was not successful, it brought enough attention to the issue of wage equality in education to begin to equalize salaries.
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