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- Birth nameYolande Margaret Betbeze
- Yolande Betbeze was born on November 29, 1928 in Mobile, Alabama, USA. She was married to Matthew Michael Fox. She died on February 22, 2016 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- SpouseMatthew Michael Fox(July 4, 1954 - June 2, 1964) (his death, 1 child)
- Accomplished opera singer, political activist, and lecturer.
- Daughter and granddaughter both also named Yolande.
- She was a volunteer with the NAACP, the Congress of Racial Equality, and the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy. She took part in a protest against Woolworth's policy of having segregated lunch counters.
- Miss America 1951.
- She refused to be a promotional model of bathing suits by Catalina, a major pageant sponsor.
- I'm a Southern girl, but I'm a thinking girl
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