At DNC, a Powerful Force of Hope, Faith and Black Female Energy Fuels Kamala Harris’ Quest for the White House
variety.comCynthia Littleton Business Editor Paulette Roby learned the meaning of civil disobedience when she was 13 years old. As a budding teenager in Birmingham, Alabama, Roby wanted to take part in civil rights demonstrations organized in her hometown by Dr.
Martin Luther King in 1963, but her mother refused to let her leave school. Young Paulette followed her conscience, took part in demonstrations and marches, and she’s never regretted it.
Her mother eventually forgave her. More than 60 years later, Roby and a friend who joined her in protest all those years ago, Judy Stickney, journeyed from Birmingham to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention to see first hand the ascent of Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic ticket in her historic bid for the White House.
The pair wore matching T-shirts declaring Birmingham to be “Home of the O.G. Soldiers.” “I have the same feeling today as I had back then.
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