ZerNona Black
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ZerNona Stewart Black was the wife of civil rights leader, the Rev. Claude Black
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She was an instructor at Langston University
in Oklahoma and at St. Philip's College in San Antonio.
In 1943, she accepted a three-month transfer to the San Antonio YWCA
-USO for Black Military, a group formed to help morale for African American service members and their families.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Ms. Black served alongside her husband in the civil rights activism. Ms. Black had also founded several senior citizen daycare centers such as Health Incorporated, which earned her recognition from the nation's capital.
; they had two children, six grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.
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Claude Black
Claude William Black, Jr. was an American Baptist minister and political figure. He was born the son of local Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters vice president Claude, Sr...
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She was an instructor at Langston University
Langston University
Langston University is an institution of higher learning located in Langston, Oklahoma, USA. It is the only historically black college in the state, and the westernmost historically black college in the United States...
in Oklahoma and at St. Philip's College in San Antonio.
In 1943, she accepted a three-month transfer to the San Antonio YWCA
YWCA
The YWCA USA is the United States branch of a women's membership movement that strives to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision—to eliminate racism and empower women. The YWCA is a non-profit organization, the first of which was founded in...
-USO for Black Military, a group formed to help morale for African American service members and their families.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Ms. Black served alongside her husband in the civil rights activism. Ms. Black had also founded several senior citizen daycare centers such as Health Incorporated, which earned her recognition from the nation's capital.
Family
In 1946, ZerNona Stewart married Claude BlackClaude Black
Claude William Black, Jr. was an American Baptist minister and political figure. He was born the son of local Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters vice president Claude, Sr...
; they had two children, six grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.
Death
In January 2005, Ms. Black died peacefully in her sleep, aged 98, two weeks short of her 59th wedding anniversary. She is interred in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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Legacy
The city of San Antonio has created The Rev. Claude and ZerNona Black Scholarship Endowment Fund.Trivia
- She was the cousin of Carter G. WoodsonCarter G. WoodsonCarter Godwin Woodson was an African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Woodson was one of the first scholars to study African American history. A founder of Journal of Negro History , Dr...
. - She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a noted African-American women's sorority.