Gladys McCoy

Happy hump day POU! Today I will highlight the life of 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 Oregon. McCoy was born in 1928 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She graduated from Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, with a … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American History of Oregon