Black Coalition Building:
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Curtis Lee Wilburn describes the political activism of the Black Coalition in Waco, Texas, which maintained around thirty members. Wilburn remembers presidents of the organization, including Mrs. Evelyn Beck, Dr. Mae Jackson, and Dr. Ray Shackleford.
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Dr. Mae Jackson
Born the daughter of educators in segregated Mexia, Texas, in 1941, Mae Allison Johnson developed an early understanding of the significance of education and equality. Her parents, Allison Johnson and Eula King, met while working at a small country…