Placed by Cache Owner TheKeeperFamily a decade ago, In Memoriam calls us to mark the legacy of Stephanie Tubbs Jones.
Our geotrail takes us north, toward Cleveland’s University Circle, home of museums, botanical gardens, music makers, and . . . . a university. We will be three of 2.5 million visitors this year.
Our GPS lands across from the Museum of Natural History, undergoing a facelift in keeping with 100 years of wrinkles.
Across a quiet plaza, Stephanie watches all who enter here.
Forty years after the Little Rock Nine entered a desegregated high school, a century after Black southerners fled to the North and encountered entrenched discrimination, Stephanie Tubbs Jones was elected to Congress.
Elected in 1998, Stephanie fought for what she believed in. She focused on outlawing predatory mortgages, financing fire prevention on college campuses, and supporting health initiatives for Black women.
In 2005, Stephanie believed irregular voting procedures had affected the 2004 Presidential election in Ohio. She and colleague Barbara Boxer made a formal objection during the ceremonial electoral vote count in the joint session of Congress. Both chambers debated the issue and voted to uphold the results.
We find the sweet treasure left in memoriam of a valiant fighter and trailblazer.
Hat tip to Langston Hughes.
On our journey home, we enjoy walking into a restaurant and eating lunch. No rules about that any more.
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