50 Stories for 50 Years

Dr. Sonya Ramsey: Setting The African American Presence …

Professor and author Dr. Sonya Ramsey recalls how Founding Mother Dr. Bertha Maxwell-Roddey’s work in education activism and cultural leadership piqued her interest, which ultimately led to her writing a biographical work. Bertha Maxwell-Roddey: A Modern-Day Race Woman and the Power of Black Leadership examines a life of remarkable achievements and leadership in the desegregated South. The book details how Maxwell-Roddey and her peers turned hard-won civil rights and feminist milestones into tangible accomplishments in North Carolina and nationwide from the late 1960s to the 1990s.