Gladys McCoy

Gladys McCoy (February 28, 1928 – April 11, 1993) was an American politician who was the first African American elected to public office in the state of O

Quotes

 * , “everybody knew the ground rules. There was no mistaking where your place was.”
 * “They own you,”
 * "They really put you through the grind.”
 * "Still, you are expected to be intelligent, articulate, civil, kind, charitable, accepting of anything that comes.”
 * A project of the Oregan Historical Society By Alison Gash, June 10, 2022, Retrieved 10/11/2023.