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Fannie Emma Pennington(February 1, 1914-February 13, 2013) was an American fundraising coordinator for U.S. Congressional Representative (Harlem) Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.'s Isaac Democratic Club and Overseas Club, as well as a member of the New York City Board of Elections and the Frederick E. Samuel Community Democratic Club, the Progressive Ladies Usher Board, the Welcome and Hospitality Committee, and she was an official representative of the Barmaid Charity Organization.

During her career, Fannie Pennington greeted and hosted historic world figures and American icons such as Haile Selassie, Mary McCloud Bethune, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and Malcolm X.

Life
Fannie Emma Pennington was born and raised in Macon, North Carolina. In the late 40's Pennington---or "Miss P" as she was affectionately known---was a popular bar maid at several clubs and bars, including the original Red Rooster, the Palm Cafe and Tom Delaney's Mirror Bar.

In 1958, Pennington, stepped into the political arena, working on a number of fund-raising campaigns for Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and community organizations. Then there was the historic March on Washington in 1963, where Fannie Emma Pennington stepped forward to coordinate buses from New York to Washington D.C. in an effort led by Bayard Rustin. http://connection.ebscohost.com/tag/PENNINGTON%252C%2BFannie