Acting

Flo Clements

Born November 20, 1891 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Died September 29, 1973 · aged 81

American actress and politician in Illinois. She was the first African American woman to serve in the Illinois General Assembly upon her election to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1958.

Known For

Within Our Gates · 1920

Within Our Gates

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MovieDramaRomance

Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.

The brute is a gambler, boxing manager and underworld boss who mistreats a young woman. She is forced into marriage with him for money after her original fiance is thought dead. When that man returns, he attempts to rescue her.

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