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Wikipedia Overview
Thelma M. Harper was an American politician and the first African-American woman state senator in Tennessee and the longest-serving female state senator in Tennessee history.
She was also the first African-American woman to serve as the chair of the Senate Government Operations Committee; she held that position during the 102nd, 103rd, 104th, and 105th General Assemblies, and she also served as vice chair of the Senate State and Local Government Committee during the 97th and 101st General Assemblies and the first senator to serve as chair of the Tennessee Black Caucus.
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Stretch of Clarksville Pike to be renamed Sen. Thelma Harper Highway - Axios
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Thelma Harper, Nashville Political Heavyweight For 4 Decades, Dies At Age 80 - WPLN News
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Thelma Harper (1940-2021) - blackpast.org
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Senator Thelma Harper to be first African American woman to lie in TN State Capitol - WBIR
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Former Sen. Thelma Harper returns to Tennessee Capitol for the last time to lie in state - The Tennessean
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In Memoriam 2021: Politics - Nashville Scene
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Long-time state Senator Thelma Harper dies at age 80 - WBIR
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Thelma Harper through the years - The Tennessean
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Former Sen. Thelma Harper, first Black woman in Tennessee Senate, dies at 80 - The Tennessean
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Retired Senator Thelma Harper Obituary - The Tennessean
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Longtime Democratic senator Thelma Harper announces retirement - The Tennessean
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