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{"value"=>"1979", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1979"}
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{"value"=>"Major, Gerri"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Journalist. Born Geraldyn Hodges in Chicago, Illinois, Major worked as an editor for several publications, including the <span class=\"title\">Courier</span>, <span class=\"title\">Interstate Tattler</span>, and the <span class=\"title\">Amsterdam News</span>, from 1924 - 1953. From 1934 - 1946, she worked as an administrative assistant for the Bureau of Public Health Education and Information in New York City. With Doris E. Saunders, Major wrote <span class=\"title\">Gerri Major's Black Society</span> in 1976, an analysis of America's black upper class. he also wrote the column \"Gerri Major's Society World\" for <span class=\"title\">Jet</span> and contributed to periodicals such as <span class=\"title\">Black World</span>, <span class=\"title\">Ebony</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Black Stars</span>.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The file contains two letters about Major's 85th birthday and a clipping.</p>"}
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1979
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1979
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1979
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1979
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1979