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McAdoo

American  
[mak-uh-doo] / ˈmæk əˌdu /

noun

  1. William Gibbs, 1863–1941, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1913–18.


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“We’ve lost such a caring and humble soul. Jo Ann was someone who was so generous with her own story and shared it with people across the country … She inspired everyone she met,” the Green McAdoo Cultural Center, a museum that preserves the legacy of the Clinton 12, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

An avid learner from an early age, Boyce was already reading by age 5 when she entered first grade at Green McAdoo School.

From Los Angeles Times

She co-authored the book, “This Promise of Change,” in 2019 with Debbie Levy and worked with the Green McAdoo Cultural Center, which is located in her childhood elementary school building, to continue the fight for awareness and equality that began when she was 14.

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After graduating from Green McAdoo, she rode the school bus with her classmates to a school in Knoxville — 20 miles from home.

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“There were times during those days that we did not make it to school due to inclement weather or some other untoward event,” she wrote in a biographical post on the McAdoo Center website.

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