Monday, we paused to remember Martin Luther King Jr. and his tireless work to see people judged by the “content of their character.”
He is someone we know, recognize and celebrate, as we should, and he was not the only one tireless in their efforts to make change. The list of people who have changed corners of the world in quiet and steady ways is, I’m quite sure, almost infinite.
One person on that list is Mignon Barker Richmond. Mignon was born in Salt Lake City on April 1, 1897. Her parents were Mary Alice Reagan, an English woman from London, and William Barker, born into slavery in Missouri.