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Thomas Irving Atkins (March 2, 1939 – June 27, 2008) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Boston City Council and General Counsel of the NAACP.

Early life

Atkins was born on March 2, 1939, in Elkhart, Indiana to a Pentecostal minister and a domestic worker. As a child, he overcame a bout of polio. He was the first

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