- ZerNona Black
Infobox Person
name=ZerNona Black
caption=
birth_date=birth date|1906|2|7|mf=y| birth_place=Muskogee,Oklahoma
death_date=death date|2005|1|24|mf=y| death_place=San Antonio,Texas ,age 98ZerNona Stewart Black (1906 - 2005) was the wife of civil rights leader, the Rev.
Claude Black .She was an instructor at
Langston University in Oklahoma and at St. Philip's College inSan Antonio .In 1943, she accepted a three-month transfer to the San Antonio
YWCA -USO for Black Military, a group formed to help morale for African American service members and their families.During the 1950s and 1960s, Ms. Black served alongside her husband in the civil rights activism. Ms. Black had also founded several senior citizen daycare centers such as Health Incorporated, which earned her recognition from the nation's capital.
Family
In 1946, ZerNona Stewart married
Claude Black ; they had two children, six grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.Death
In January 2005, Ms. Black died peacefully in her sleep, aged 98, two weeks short of her 59th wedding anniversary. She is interred in
Meadowlawn Memorial Park inSan Antonio ,Texas .Legacy
The city of San Antonio has created The Rev. Claude and ZerNona Black Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Trivia
* She was the cousin of
Carter G. Woodson .
* She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a noted African-American women's sorority.External links
* [http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA012705.4B.obit_black.49178247.html Obituary]
* [http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2005/10/31/daily11.html Claude and ZerNona Black Scholarship]
* [http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/79R/billtext/HR00110F.HTM Texas House of Rep Resolution]
* [http://www.woodson.org/woodson_web/wc_idx/idx001.htm Woodson Family Tree]
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