Ruth Apilado

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Ruth Mosselle Apilado (née Mays; April 30, 1908 – August 15, 2021) was an American writer and anti-racism activist. She was known as the founder of the quarterly magazine America's Intercultural Magazine (AIM). She founded AIM in 1973.

Apilado was born in Chicago, Illinois. She turned 100 in 2008, and 110 in 2018.[1] Apilado died on August 15, 2021 in Federal Way, Washington at the age of 113.[2]

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  1. Jordan, William Chester (April 9, 2019). The Apple of His Eye: Converts from Islam in the Reign of Louis IX. Princeton University Press. p. 4. ISBN 9780691190112. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. "Ruth Moselle Apilado Obituary". 15 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.