Juanita W. Goggins, civil rights trailblazer and the first African American woman elected to the South Carolina legislature, froze to death alone in her home at age 75 in March.

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Juanita W. Goggins, civil rights trailblazer and the first African American woman elected to the South Carolina legislature, froze to death alone in her home at age 75 in March. Just a year ago a stretch of Highway 5 was renamed in honor of the woman who led a life of exemplary public service. She was a school teacher, founder of a tutoring company and the first black woman delegate from South Carolina to the Democratic National Convention. She defeated a white male incumbent in 1974 and headed off to the State House. "I am...