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Cardiss Collins

In this Nov. 12, 1980 file photo former Congresswoman Cardiss Collins, right, appears at a news conference with the Rev. Jesse Jackson in Washington. Collins, the first African-American woman to represent Illinois in Congress, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 of complications from pneumonia at a Virginia hospital, a family friend announced on Tuesday, Feb. 5. (AP Photo/John Duricka)

Former Congresswoman Cardiss Collins dead at 81

Herbert G. McCann, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - Cardiss Collins, the first African-American woman to represent Illinois in Congress, died of complications from pneumonia at a Virginia hospital, according to a family friend...
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