Virginia McLaurin

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Virginia Lugenia McLaurin (née Campbell, March 12, 1909 – November 14, 2022) was an American community volunteer, seamstress, manager of a laundry, farm worker, and a semi-supercentarian or supercentenarian, since her birth certificate was not located (or her official birthdate not recorded) believed to have been born between 1909 and 1917. Such a fact is not unusual, as she was born under the Jim Crow Laws and the public records at the time for Black and Native Americans were sometimes missing or inaccurate. A resident of Washington, D.C., she gained notability after a video of her dancing with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House went viral, where she was in attendance to receive the President's Volunteer Service Award for her service to the community on February 18, 2016, during a reception held for annual Black History Month, and also for her longevity claim, which although reported extensively by the media press remained unsourced by government and...

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