While she didn't grow up in Michigan, she came to Michigan State University to pursue her graduate studies after attending Fisk University, where she met her husband, Clinton, in the Lansing area. Hortense and Clinton, a World War Two veteran and member of the famed Tuskegee airmen, settled, put down roots and left an indelible mark on our community. Clinton became well known and a well loved dentist while Hortense put her passion for education and civil rights into action, becoming the first African American elected to the Lansing School Board of Education in 1968. (02:21–02:32)
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Asserts that Clinton Canady was a World War II veteran and member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
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