Alma Adams tweeted the following:
"On this day in 2009, @USPS introduced a stamp honoring Ella Baker and Ruby Hurley, two leaders in the Civil Rights Movement who spent significant time organizing with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (@NAACP).#BlackHistoryMonth #SayBlack"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Alma Adams:
"Eventually, the school in Daytona Beach merged with a school for boys and became a college bearing Bethunes name. In 2007, the institution adopted the name it is known by now: BethuneCookman University." on Feb. 20Read on Twitter
"She was an advisor to President Franklin Roosevelt and a good friend to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Bethune used that friendship and influence to advance the cause of African Americans. She founded numerous organizations for the welfare of Black America, including @UNCF." on Feb. 20Read on Twitter
"Bethune was born in South Carolina in 1875, and educated at Barber-Scotia College in Concord, NC, but first came to prominence in Florida when she started a school for Black girls. Known as "The First Lady of The Struggle," she was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement." on Feb. 20Read on Twitter
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