![]() | Keep On Fighting: The Life and Civil Rights Legacy of Marian A. Spencer Subjects: Spencer Marian A. (Marian Alexander) 1920-; African American civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Biography; Women civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- Biography; African America; Marian Alexander Spencer was born in 1920 in the Ohio River town of Gallipolis, Ohio, one year after the "Red Summer" of 1919 that saw an upsurge in race riots and lynchings. Following the example of her grandfather, an ex-slave and community leader, Marian joined the NAACP at thirteen and grew up to achieve not only a number of civic leadership firsts in her adopted home city of Cincinnati, but a legacy of lasting civil rights victories. |
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