In 1943, she accepted a three-month transfer to the San Antonio YWCA-USO for Black Military, a group formed to help morale for African American service members and their families.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Black served alongside her husband in the Civil Rights Movement. Black had also founded several senior citizen daycare centers such as Health Incorporated, which earned her recognition from the nation's capital.
In 1946, ZerNona Stewart married Claude Black; they had two children, six grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.
Deathedit
In January 2005, Black died peacefully in her sleep, aged 98, two weeks short of her 59th wedding anniversary. She is interred in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.
Legacyedit
The city of San Antonio has created The Rev. Claude and ZerNona Black Scholarship Endowment Fund.
zernona, black, zernona, stewart, black, 1906, 2005, wife, civil, rights, leader, claude, black, born, 1906, february, 1906muskogee, oklahomadiedjanuary, 2005, 2005, aged, antonio, texas, instructor, langston, university, oklahoma, philip, college, antonio, 19. ZerNona Stewart Black 1906 2005 was the wife of civil rights leader the Rev Claude Black ZerNona BlackBorn 1906 02 07 February 7 1906Muskogee OklahomaDiedJanuary 24 2005 2005 01 24 aged 98 San Antonio Texas She was an instructor at Langston University in Oklahoma and at St Philip s College in San Antonio In 1943 she accepted a three month transfer to the San Antonio YWCA USO for Black Military a group formed to help morale for African American service members and their families During the 1950s and 1960s Black served alongside her husband in the Civil Rights Movement Black had also founded several senior citizen daycare centers such as Health Incorporated which earned her recognition from the nation s capital Contents 1 Family 2 Death 3 Legacy 4 Trivia 5 External linksFamily editIn 1946 ZerNona Stewart married Claude Black they had two children six grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren Death editIn January 2005 Black died peacefully in her sleep aged 98 two weeks short of her 59th wedding anniversary She is interred in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio Texas Legacy editThe city of San Antonio has created The Rev Claude and ZerNona Black Scholarship Endowment Fund Trivia editPer the Woodson Family Tree she was a descendant of President Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha a noted African American women s sorority External links editClaude amp ZerNona Black Foundation Obituary Claude and ZerNona Black Scholarship Texas House of Rep Resolution Woodson Family Tree nbsp This Oklahoma university related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ZerNona Black amp oldid 1155364469, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
