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Jessie Simmons: How a schoolteacher became an unsung hero of the civil rights movement

  • Written by Valerie Hill-Jackson, Clinical Professor of Educator Preparation and Director, Educator Preparation and School Partnerships, Texas A&M University
Jessie Dean Gipson Simmons, shown top center about age 37, c. 1961 [Clockwise: daughter Angela, sons Obadiah Jerone, Jr. and Carl, and husband Obadiah Jerone, Sr.; daughters Carolyn and Quendelyn are not pictured]Simmons family archives, Author provided

Jessie Dean Gipson Simmons was full of optimism when she and her family moved from an apartment...

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