Mother, Daughter, and Sisters

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“Andrea and her mother, Mae Jackson,” photograph, on “Nevertheless, She Persisted: An Interview with City Councilwoman Andrea Barefield,” by Samantha Baker. Greater Waco Chamber. 2019. https://wacochamber.com/2019/12/nevertheless-she-persisted-an-interview-with-city-councilwoman-andrea-barefield/.
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Mother, Daughter, and Sisters

Mae Jackson and her daughter, Andrea J. Barefield, both joined the sisterhood of Delta Sigma Theta during their undergraduate years. Sorors founded Delta Sigma Theta at Jackson’s alma mater, Texas Southern University, on March 9, 1949, and at Barefield’s alma mater, Sam Houston State University, on April 27, 1973.

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By Allie Roberts
Born the daughter of educators in segregated Mexia, Texas, in 1941, Mae Allison Johnson developed an early understanding of the significance of education and equality. Her parents, Allison Johnson and Eula King, met while working at a small country…