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- Birth nameCarrie Pittman
- Carrie Meek was born on April 29, 1926 in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. She was married to Lucius Davis and Harold H Meek. She died on November 28, 2021 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- SpousesLucius Davis(? - 1963) (divorced, 2 children)Harold H Meek (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenSheila Davis-KinuiLucia Davis-Raiford
- ParentsWillie PittmanCarrie Pittman
- Has three children Lucia Davis-Raiford, Sheila Davis Kinui and Kendrick B. Meek along with seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
- In 1992 she was elected to the United States Congress. She retired in 2002 and was succeeded by her son Kendrick, who ran successfully for her House seat and held it for four terms.
- Daughter of a sharecropper and granddaughter of a slave.
- Beat out 12 other candidates when she ran for the Florida state House in 1978. Five years later she became the first Black woman elected to the state senate.
- Served as Miami-Dade Community College's first Black professor, associate dean and assistant to the vice president.
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