Earlier this week I participated in a Black History Celebration. The theme “Salutes Black History Heroes”. On the last day of Black History Month the Magic 95.9 Baltimore FB question: Who’s your Black History Hero? After hearing this honorees story Dr. Helena Hicks is mine. As a Morgan State college student, from which she earned her Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Sociology and minoring in Philosophy. She and six of her friends participated in a sit down strike at Read’s Drug Store to escape the harsh elements of the cold winter day in January 1955. When segregation was the law and whites only were served. Her actions led to a policy change and desegregated their 39 area stores.
Local Civil Rights Activist! was originally published on magicbaltimore.com
