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Irene Magruder (1898-1973) was the first African American in Indianola to open her home to Civil Rights workers during Freedom Summer of 1964, and her efforts greatly influenced the Civil Rights movement in Indianola. Her home was firebombed and destroyed on May 1, 1965.
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