Macon, Georgia (June 9, 1927 – 2007) ~80 yrs

Mae Mallory was a radical civil rights activist and Black Power movement leader. She was also a school desegregation organizer and a strong proponent of Black armed self-defense. Her passionate dedication to “solving Black peoples’ problems” changed the world. She founded the Harlem 9. She spoke on behalf of this group of African American mothers. They protested the inadequate educational condition in New York schools. In 1963, a North Carolina court sentenced her to 16 to 20 years in prison. This was the famous case in which Mrs. Mallory, Robert Williams, and three other young men were charged with kidnapping a white couple in Monroe. The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned the verdict. Mallory continued to work for freedom, autonomy, and security for African Americans. In 1974, Mae Mallory participated at the sixth Pan African Congress in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.