Snowden, Muriel S. (Muriel Sutherland), 1916-
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Snowden, Muriel S. (Muriel Sutherland), 1916-1988.
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Snowden, Muriel S. (Muriel Sutherland), 1916-1988.
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Social reformer.
Muriel S. and Otto P. Snowden were the founders and co-directors of Freedom House, a center for neighborhood improvement and community activism in the racially mixed neighborhood of Roxbury, Massachusetts.
From 1949 until their retirement in 1984, the Snowdens were influential leaders in Boston's African American community. Muriel S. Snowden was raised in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, graduated from Radcliffe College in 1938, and attended the New York School of Social Work from 1943-1945. She married Otto P. Snowden in 1944 and moved to Boston where she became active in many civic organizations. She was executive director of the Cambridge Civic Unity Commission. Otto Phillip Snowden lived in Boston for most of his life. He graduated from Dorchester High School, attended Howard University from 1933-1937, and was a special graduate student at Boston University School of Social Work. He was director of St. Mark's Social Center before and after his military service in World War II. He was active in many professional and civic associations and was co-recipient of numerous awards with his wife.
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African American civic leaders
African American families
African Americans
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African Americans
African Americans
African American women
African American women
African American women political activists
African American women social reformers
Community development, Urban
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