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Felicia Norwood - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Felicia Norwood grew up in Camilla, Georgia with a burning ambition to excel, despite the grim economic realities of her African-American family. Just one year after she earned a law degree from Yale Law School, she accepted a position in newly elected Governor Jim Edgar's administration as an executive assistant, with oversight over human services issues.




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