Great Grandmama for Obama

Bertha Means grew up picking cotton in Depression-era Texas, but she was determined to get an education. Her mother taught her from textbooks while she worked in the fields each fall. She at... Read allBertha Means grew up picking cotton in Depression-era Texas, but she was determined to get an education. Her mother taught her from textbooks while she worked in the fields each fall. She attended high school and, later, Huston-Tillotson University. In 1962, her Mothers' Action C... Read allBertha Means grew up picking cotton in Depression-era Texas, but she was determined to get an education. Her mother taught her from textbooks while she worked in the fields each fall. She attended high school and, later, Huston-Tillotson University. In 1962, her Mothers' Action Council helped end segregation in Austin, Texas. Flash to 2008. Bertha Means is 88 years ol... Read all