She graduated with honors in 1963. She continued her education at Oberlin College and later transferred to Barnard College. In 1966, she left college for a secretarial job with the New York office of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) after her friend from childhood, Sammy Younge, had been murdered by white supremacists.
She graduated with honors in 1963 and continued her education at Oberlin College before transferring to Barnard College. In 1966, she left college to work as a secretary for the New York office of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) after her childhood friend Sammy Younge was murdered by white supremacists.