About Faya Ora Rose Touré
Born 1945. Faya Ora Rose Touré is an American lawyer.
Faya Ora Rose Touré, born Rose M. Gaines, (born May 20, 1945) is an American civil rights activist and lawyer who was Alabama’s first black woman judge. Henry Sanders is her husband.
Personal life Touré was born on May 20, 1945, in Salisbury, North Carolina to Rev. D. A. Gaines and Ora Lee Gaines. Together they have three natural born children and four foster children.
Civil rights After Harvard, Touré went to work at the National Welfare Rights Organization and the Columbia Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law.
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American civil rights activist and lawyer
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Faya Ora Rose Touré was born on 20 May 1945.
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Faya Ora Rose Touré is a lawyer.
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Faya Ora Rose Touré is American.
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