What is Frankie Muse Freeman?
{{Infobox person |name = Frankie Muse Freeman |image = Frankie Muse Freeman (cropped).jpg |caption = Frankie Muse Freeman in 2013 | image_size = 250px |birth_date = {{birth date |1916|11|24|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Danville, Virginia]], [[United States of America|USA]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2018|1|12|1916|11|24|mf=y}} |death_place = Danville, Virginia, USA |other_names = |spouse = |children = |movement = [[Civil Rights Movement]] |organization = [[NAACP]]<br>[[United States Commission on Civil Rights|U.S. Commission on Civil Rights]]<br>[[Howard University]]<br>[[National Urban League]]<br>[[Delta Sigma Theta]] sorority |monuments = |awards = }} The Honorable '''Frankie Muse Freeman''' (born '''Marie Frankie Muse''', November 24, 1916 &ndash; January 12, [[2018]]) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Civil Rights Movement|civil rights]] attorney, and the first woman to be appointed to the [[United States Commission on Civil Rights]] (1964 to 1979). On February 5, 2015, President [[Barack Obama]] appointed Freeman to serve as a Member of the Commission on [[Presidential Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/02/05/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts|title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts|date=5 February 2015|website=Whitehouse.gov|access-date=13 January 2018|archive-date=10 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110014609/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/02/05/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts|url-status=dead}}</ref> Freeman died on January 12, 2018 in [[Danville, Virginia]] at the age of 101.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/frankie-muse-freeman-iconic-st-louis-civil-rights-activist-dies/article_4ad22dfb-af7f-5b4b-b2bd-63f3d455eece.html|title=Frankie Muse Freeman, iconic St. Louis civil rights activist, dies at 101|website=Stltoday.com|access-date=13 January 2018}}