Few people who have ever seen the iconic photo of Gloria Richardson pushing a National Guardsman's bayonet aside in Cambridge, Maryland. on July 21, 1963, could ever forget it.
Like many women who were key organizers in the civil rights movement, Richardson, head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, never got her due; however, those of us to whom she was a major hero will not forget her contributions.
Now she has passed on, at the age of 99. I hope that, in a time where teaching American history—particularly Black history—is under attack, you will not only honor her memory, but also pass on her story, and follow in her footsteps as we struggle forward.