Baltimore Civil Rights Leader Victorine Q. Adams: The Power of the Ballot (American Heritage)

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Victorine Quille Adams was a Baltimore native and the first African American woman elected to the city council. Born in 1912, she lived through stringent segregation, racial violence and economic turbulenceVictorine Quille Adams was a Baltimore native and the first African American woman elected to the city council. Born in 1912, she lived through stringent segregation, racial violence and economic turbulence.Educated at Morgan State and Coppin State Universities, she took to the classroom and enriched the lives of her students. In 1946, she founded the Colored Women's Democratic Campaign Committee to educate African American women about the vote and the power of the ballot box. In concert with fellow educators Mary McLeod Bethune, Kate Sheppard and Dr. Delores Hunt, she persisted in educating and empowering voters throughout her life. Author Ida E. Jones reveals the story of this civic leader and her crusade for equity for all people in Baltimore.
Copyright:
2019

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781439673522
Related ISBNs:
9781467139939
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
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Copyrighted By:
Dr. Ida E. Jones
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
Larry S. Gibson

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