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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 12 > California civil rights leader Ida Kinney dies at 104

California civil rights leader Ida Kinney dies at 104

By Harrison Sheppard / The Bulletin
January 12, 2009

LOS ANGELES — Ida Kinney, a civil rights activist who was believed to be the San Fernando Valley’s oldest African-American, has died. She was 104.

Kinney, who helped break color barriers with employers, unions and hospitals in the Valley, died on New Year’s Day at....

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