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Georgia Benton Quotes

born 1918 United States

Georgia Benton is an American schoolteacher, businesswoman, and historian. In 2013, she became the first African-American member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Georgia.

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Very few African-Americans" can produce that amount of documentation

I thought, ‘wait a minute, I deserve the same right to be a part of a group who are honoring their forefathers,'” said Benton.

He was fighting for his land and his people

I have every right to membership in the UDC, which along with the Sons of Confederate Veterans, remembers and recognizes the men who fought for and rendered service to the South during the Civil War

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Georgia Benton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.