Meet the author Dr. Ida Jones and learn about the subject of her newest book, Baltimore Civil Rights Leader Victorine Q. Adams: The Power of the Ballot.  Adams was the first African American woman elected to Baltimore City Council in 1967.  Before her time on the City Council she was a charter member of the National Council of Negro Women, Baltimore Section and she founded the Colored Women’s Democratic Campaign Committee.

Dr. Jones holds a Ph.D. in American History from Howard University.  She is an author, archivist, and historian who has published 4 books about Civil Rights and African American history.  To learn more about Dr. Jones, visit her website.

This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Library, Marilyn Praisner Chapter.

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