By Dianne Anderson, Precinct Reporter News
January 27, 2022
Most doors were shut tight when Dr. Lulamae Clemons and Jennifer Vaughn-Blakely first started their activism, but it never stopped the two iconic leaders from many decades of paving the way for social change.
Dr. Lulamae Clemons and Ms. Vaughn Blakely, will be remembered – if not unmatched – in future generations.
Rose Mayes, a longtime colleague and close friend to both, said they had given so much of themselves, their time and commitment despite tremendous obstacles decades along the way.
“Two community heroes [passing] within a couple of weeks apart has really left a void in our lives personally and in the community as a whole. We’ll miss them terribly,” said Mayes, president of the Riverside African American Historical Society.
