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Thelma Stevens (1902–1990) was a Methodist advocate for social and racial justice. From a young age, she dedicated herself to studying and working in favor of integration and racial equality in the United States. From her early career as a teacher in rural Mississippi, to her position as Director of the Bethlehem Center in Augusta, Georgia, to her work in the Woman's Division of The Methodist Church, Stevens contributed to the Civil Rights Movement.
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