In 1949, Helen Jackson Claytor was the first black woman to be elected board president of the Grand Rapids YWCA. Three board members resigned in protest, reflecting the race relations Helen was dedicated to change.
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Ohio Valley ReSource · Carter G. Woodson's Appalachian legacyHUNTINGTON, W. Va. (OVR) Carter G. Woodson was one of the first people to seriously study and document the history of Black people
In 1897, Wooson enrolled in Berea College in Kentucky, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in literature. Yet, he spent much of that time outside Kentucky. Jessica Klanderud, director of the Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education at Berea College, shares why.