Baltimore Civil Rights Leader Victorine Q. Adams with Ida E. Jones

"Baltimore Civil Rights Leader Victorine Q. Adams: The Power of the Ballot"
with Ida E. Jones
[Roosevelt Reading Festival 2023]
Author Ida E. Jones examines the life of Victorine Adams, founder of the Colored Women's Democratic Campaign Committee to educate African American women about the vote and the power of the ballot box, and the first African American woman elected to the Baltimore City Council.

00:00 – Lead-in
00:07 – Introduction
01:32 – An introduction to Willie and Victorine Q. Adams
04:39 – Adams’ early life
06:37 – Adams embraces voting rights as a cause
10:00 – Charm Centers and African American women
13:07 – Vanguard of the Civil Rights Movement
15:17 – Adams enters politics to tackle poverty and inequality
20:30 – Adams becomes first African American woman on Baltimore City Council
24:27 – Q&A