Marian Alexander Spencer was born in 1920 in the Ohio River town of
Gallipolis, Ohio, one year after the "Red Summer" of 1919 that saw
an upsurge in race riots and lynchings. Following the example of
her grandfather, an ex-slave and community leader, Marian joined
the NAACP at thirteen and grew up to achieve not only a number of
civic leadership firsts in her adopted home city of Cincinnati, but
a legacy of lasting civil rights victories. Of these, the best
known is the desegregation of Cincinnati's Coney Island amusement
park. She also fought to desegregate Cincinnati schools and to stop
the introduction of observers in black voting precincts in Ohio.
Her campaign to raise awareness of industrial toxic-waste practices
in minority neighborhoods was later adapted into national Superfund
legislation. In 2012, Marian's friend and colleague Dot Christenson
sat down with her to record her memories. The resulting biography
not only gives us the life story of remarkable leader but
encapsulates many of the twentieth century's greatest struggles and
advances. Spencer's story will prove inspirational and instructive
to citizens and students alike.
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