User:Fannie Bates

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Fannie Bates (Born in June, 1949) is a certified teacher with a Masters Degree in Public Health from Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center (OUHSC). She is a fourth generation Oklahoman and grew up in the Choctaw Nation (in Oklahoma).

Bates is an activist who was a successful plaintiff in a lawsuit fighting for the language rights of all people in the Oklahoma Supreme Court in 19__. She has served ion the board of director of the Texas Tenants Union (2017 - 2023), the League of Latin American Citizens (200_ - 2014, and the National Association of Colored People (local, state and regional) (1993 - 1998).

Bates has received the following honors: