Annie B. Martin
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Born | Eastover, South Carolina, U.S. | December 20, 1920
Died | June 12, 2012 Harlem, New York City, U.S. | (aged 91)
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Parent(s) | Jacob and Queenie Martin |
Awards | Ellis Island Medal of Honor |
Annie B. Martin (December 20, 1920 – June 12, 2012) was an American pioneer of the labor movement and the
Early life
Born in
Labor and civil rights career
"She's been on the front lines against the closing of schools and the warehousing of children. She has always been there, and stands on the side of right no matter what or who is standing on the other side."
—UFT President Michael Mulgrew[1]
Martin participated in the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom alongside her lifelong friend and march organizer A. Philip Randolph. Martin and Randolph marched again in 1968 to support due process for the United Federation of Teachers, a union which had shut down public schools during the New York City teachers' strike of 1968.
A recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Martin served as President of the NAACP New York City Branch for an unprecedented sixteen terms, and was a former First Vice-President for the Black Trade Unionists Leadership Committee. Martin served as State Assistant Commissioner under the New York governorships of Rockefeller, Wilson, and Carey, and was one of the first women to hold high office within the labor movement.[5] Martin also served as an adjunct professor for Fordham, Columbia and New York Universities.
Among her achievements, Martin was a New YWCA Academy of Women Achievers inductee, a member of the New York City Coalition of Labor Union Women, commissioner on the Commission on the Dignity of Immigrants, and Director of Labor Participation for the American Red Cross in Greater New York.[3] During the days following the September 11 attacks, an 81-year-old Martin served "as liaison between labor, the Red Cross and the NYFD and NYPD departments. This remarkable woman coordinated survival and job-placement issues for hundreds of members of organized labor and personally processed 290 claims for American Red Cross Emergency Family Gifts to families' beneficiaries who lost members at 'Ground Zero.'[4]
Death
Martin died in
References
- ^ a b c "Honoring a woman of valor". UFT.com. United Federation of Teachers. May 24, 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ Womack, Sr., Richard; Brown, Clayola; Holifield, General (June 15, 2012). "Labor Committee of the NAACP Saddened By Loss of Sister Dr. Annie B. Martin". A. Philip Randolph Institute website. A. Philip Randolph Institute. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "Dr. Annie B. Martin -- New York". The Times and Democrat. Orangeburg, South Carolina. June 18, 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d Rangel, Charles (June 19, 2012). "In Celebration of the Life of Our Beloved Freedom Fighter and Freedom Sister Dr. Annie B. Martin" (PDF). Congressional Record. U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ a b "NAACP Mourns the Passing of Dr. Annie B. Martin". NAACP.com. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. June 13, 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ "Amalgamated Bank Mourns the Passing of Dr. Annie B. Martin". Amalgamated Bank News. Amalgamated Bank. June 19, 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ a b "SINYC Honors Member Annie B. Martin". Soroptimist International of New York City. SINYC. October 15, 2005. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ Perkins, Bill (June 19, 2012). "J5477-2011: Mourning the death of civil rights and labor pioneer Dr. Annie B. Martin". New York State Senate. Retrieved 17 July 2012.