Virtual Conversation with 2 Daughters: The Fight for Social Justice
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League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County
A Conversation with 2 Daughters: Mary Sue Welcome, Esq. and Charlene Butts Ligon, Author
Please join the League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County for a moderated discussion with the daughters of civil rights activists Senator Verda Welcome and Mrs. Evelyn T. Butts, who broke down barriers while fighting tirelessly for social justice. Maryland Senator Verda Welcome was the first Black woman in the nation elected to a state legislature and Virginia activist Evelyn T. Butts was the plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that abolished the poll tax.
Daughters Mary Sue Welcome, Esq., and Charlene Butts Ligon, author of "Fearless: How a poor Virginia seamstress took on Jim Crow, beat the poll tax and changed her city forever", will share the untold stories of their mothers and how their battles against discrimination, inequality, and injustice changed history and a nation.
This is a virtual event. To RSVP, go to https://www.lwvaacmd.org/2daughters