Opinion by Jason Campbell: She’s made it to 100 despite all the obstacles, and knows she’ll leave a sterling legacy.
for Black woman born in 1900 was 33.5 years of age. If she were instead born in 1950, her life expectancy would nearly double, to 62.9 years of age. But the woman I have in mind was born in 1923, so we will split the difference, for aof about 49 years. In 1988, this woman turned 65 and expected to live another 17 years. A decade later, at 75, another 11.2 years of life were probable, but not promised.
While at the Pentagon, Grandma lived in the same-sex dormitories for government workers located at Oklahoma Avenue and Benning Road NE. After one long day, she agreed to accompany friends to the coed game room. And lucky she did: That night, she met David Adams of Atlanta, Ga. They married on March 23, 1947.
After graduating, Grandma started at Maude E. Aiton Elementary School. Although she wanted to teach second grade, the principal asked her to teach fourth grade because she was tall. And for the next 23 years, that’s what she did. On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy spoke on a hot, sultry day at the AU commencement ceremony. Heto call for world peace, despite the civil rights upheaval at home and the disallowance of peace for Black people in America. Grandma listened surrounded by her husband, her mother, and her two daughters, Alicia and Lucile. As the president spoke, the girls played in the grass, wondering how much longer they had to be out there under the sweltering summer sun.
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