At 100 years young, Gladys Blount is finally getting the recognition she has earned.
One New Jersey town is honoring a 100-year-old World War II veteran by renaming a street after her. Sade Baderinwa has more.One New Jersey town is honoring a 100-year-old World War II veteran by renaming a street after her.
Seventy-seven years ago, Blount was shipped from her hometown of East Orange, New Jersey, to England to help in WWII.The 855 Black women were given the massive task of sorting through millions of letters and packages. The goal was to boost morale for soldiers longing to hear from loved ones back home.
"Miss Gladys existed in this community in a time that people who looked like her were not necessarily welcomed here," said Mustafa Al-M with the East Orange City Council. In fact the mayor traveled to her home in Florida to give it to her in person. He called Blount a living legend on whose shoulders we humbly stand.
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