![]() ![]() “But she did what it took to stand up for her rights. “My mother didn’t go down in the history books,” Peterson said. Ultimately, Peterson sat on the train and made her way to Michigan University to start working on her master’s degree in education. She recalled how her mother fought for her daughter to get on a train to Michigan after operators withheld her ticket because she was Black. In the interview, Peterson credited her success in life to her mother. “We had the full backing of our parents,” she said at the time. In a 2012 interview with Todd Moye, director of University of North Texas’ Oral History program, Peterson’s parents gave their children the opportunity to go as far as they wanted in their education. Peterson was the youngest of five siblings. As a toddler, she moved with her family to Orangeburg, South Carolina. Peterson was born Sept.14, 1916, in Columbia, South Carolina. Where: Broadway Baptist Church, 305 West Broadway Ave. Where: Historic Baker Funeral Home, 301 E. Memorial services for Mae Cora Peterson will take place in the following order. ![]()
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