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I BELIEVE  BOTH DELANY SISTERS  LIVED TO  BE  OVER   A 100 YEARS  OLD..THEY WERE   DAUGHTERS OF  A  FORMER  SLAVE.BOTH WERE CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEERS/SADIE  RECEIVED HER   BACHELOR AND MASTERS DEGREE.SHE  WAS THE FIRST  BLACK TO  TEACH DOMESTIC  SCIENCE..BESSIE  WAS  THE  2ND BLACK  WOMAN LICENSE TO PRACTICE DENTISTRY..THEY ENCOUNTERED   RACISM AND SEXISM...THEY NEVER  GOT MARRIED,THEY SAID THEY  DID NOT WANT  A   HUSBAND   TO WORRY  THEM TO DEATH//BESSIE  DIED  IN 1995,SADIE IN 2000.A  MOVIE   WAS  ON  ABOUT THEM  TUESDAY   STARRING   RUBY DEE AND DIANE CAROLL-.BOOK ABOUT THEM  CALLED,HAVING OUR SAY,FIRST  100  YEARS... THEY WERE   INTELLIGENT  STRONG BLACK   WOMEN.THAT  HAS  BEEN  FORGOTTEN.////,

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