By Ben Jealous The last living link of my family’s story of origin in antebellum Southern Virginia died at age 105 a few years ago. My grandmother, Mamie Todd, was born in 1916. Her grandparents were born into slavery. She fought Jim Crow. She stood up for Black teachers and students in a segregated school … Continued

From the Atlanta Daily World:

By Ben Jealous The last living link of my family’s story of origin in antebellum Southern Virginia died at age 105 a few years ago. My grandmother, Mamie Todd, was born in 1916. Her grandparents were born into slavery. She fought Jim Crow. She stood up for Black teachers and students in a segregated school … Continued

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