Undivided Rights by Loretta J. Ross6/22/2023 She became a founder of the National Black United Front and an officer of the City Wide Housing Coalition (1974-80). Study Group, a Marxist-Leninist discussion group, and the South Africa Support Project. Soon after enrolling at Howard University in 1970, Ross became involved in black nationalist politics and tenant organizing in Washington, D.C. Because she chose to keep her child, she lost a scholarship to Radcliffe College. At age 15 she was the victim of incest by a distant relative she gave birth to a son, Howard, in April, 1969. When Loretta was 11 years old, a stranger beat and raped her. She was double-promoted in elementary grades and was an honors student in high school. Loretta attended integrated schools - Army schools through second grade, then public schools. After retiring from the military in 1963, he worked for the Post Office and often held additional jobs to support the family. Loretta's father, who hailed from Jamaica, was an Army weapons specialist and drill sergeant. Her mother, who brought five older children to her marriage with Ross, had been owner of a music store and a domestic worker she was a housewife as Loretta was growing up. Loretta June Ross was born in Temple, Texas, August 16, 1953, the sixth of eight children in a blended family.
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