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Idella Jones Childs (June 21, 1903 – August 8, 1998) was an American educator, historian and civil rights activist. Childs worked as a teacher for 35 years in Perry County in Alabama. During the civil rights movement, her home was a meeting place for activists.
Born in 1903, Idella Jones Childs lived through the century of social and political change that brought about the end of official racial discrimination in Alabama.
23 de dic. de 2022 · As a member of the Alabama Historical Commission and founding member of the Black Heritage Council, Idella Childs was instrumental in gaining recognition for the First Congregational Church Building in Marion in the National Register of Historic Places.
14 de feb. de 2024 · Idella Jones Childs, an educator and historian, broke barriers as the first Black woman on Marion's city council. Jean Childs Young, daughter of Idella and wife of Andrew Young, worked alongside her husband at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
8 de ago. de 1998 · Alabama Women's Hall of Fame http://www.awhf.org/childs.html
Idella Jones Childs (June 21, 1903 – August 8, 1998) was an American educator, historian and civil rights activist. Childs worked as a teacher for 35 years in Perry County in Alabama.
17 de feb. de 2023 · Ms. Childs taught in Perry County’s segregated schools for 35 years, despite the limited resources at her disposal. Childs was born in Perry County and has lived there her entire life. President Jimmy Carter appointed Childs to the National Commission on the International Year of the Child in 1979.
