b'OBITUARIESA Legacy of Love, Service and LeadershipofJimCrowinAtlanta,Georgia,In1978,shebecameexecutiveHonorable Gloria Travis Tanner had Gloria\'s inspiration came from herdirector of communications for statealife-longcallingforcommunity mother.Shestated,"mymotherSenatorRegisGroff.In1985,sheservice.AmemberoftheDenver did a lot of work in the community,won a seat in the Colorado House ofAlumnaeChapterofDeltaSigma and I followed in her lead.GrowingRepresentatives;andin1994,sheThetaSorority,Inc.Gloriaalso up in the South, where there werereplaced Senator Groff as the firstservedasPresidentoftheDelta colored water fountains, there wereBlack female state senator.GloriaResearch and Education Foundation bathrooms you couldn\'t go to, andwasthefirstAfricanAmerican(DREF) in Denver Colorado.seeing all the nonsense things thatwomantoserveasaColoradoGloria\'sfamilylovedherdeeply were going on at that time, I thinkstatesenatorandthesecondand will forever miss and remember it made me want to try to make aAfrican American to be elected to aher.Shewaspredeceasedbyher difference."leadership position in the Coloradolovinghusband,Ted,in1982. UpongraduationfromDavidT.House of Representatives, where sheSheissurvivedbyandwasa HowardHighSchoolinAtlanta,was chair of the Minority Caucus.lovingmothertothreechildren- Gloria joined the United States AirDuringherseventeen(17)yearsTerrandeRalphTanner,Tanvis Forceandservedhercountryforinpublicservice,sheservedasaReneeTanner(Todd),andTracey threeyears.Duringherserviceinmember of the senate\'s joint budgetLynnTanner(Commasau).She the Air Force, Gloria met Theodorecommittee, initiated and sponsoredwasthebelovedgrandmotherof Gloria Travis Tanner (Ted) Ralph Tanner, the love of herlegislationonkeyissuessuchTiffaniTanner,TerranceTanner, life.GloriaandTedenteredholyasmaritaldiscriminationintheDahir Adam, Tracie Gloria Tanner, matrimony on December 29, 1955.workplace,parentalresponsibility,LaToyaPhillips,TorrancePhillips, worker\'s compensation cost savings, TheymovedtoDenver,ColoradoandTeddyPhillips.Gloriawas G loriaTravisTannerwasthewhere their children, Terrance Ralphhealthbenefitprogramstocovertrulyblessedwithfivegreat thirdchildborn,onJuly16,Tanner, Tanvis Renee Tanner, andsrceening for prostate cancer, civilgrandchildren,sheissurvivedby 1934,toMarcellusandBlancheTracey Lynne Tanner were born. Inrightsforwomenandminorities,one sister who will always cherish Travis. Eventually, there were seven1959, Gloria founded The Rgijnas, aColorado\'s Safe Haven Law- allowsher memory, Attorney Viollet Travis children born to the Travis family.social and civic organization that ismothers to drop off newborns at fireRicks {Atlanta). Gloria\'s siblings included Marcellusnow 63 years old.stationsandemergencylocationsInaddition,therearenieces, Travis, Jr. (deceased), Victoria TravisBeforeattendingcollege,Gloriawithnoquestionsasked,andnephews,greatnieces,great Jackson(deceased),BettyBlanchewas an administrative assistant forparental rights for adoptive parents.nephews,andfriendswhoare TravisDunson(deceased),Hattiethe Office of Hearings and AppealsGloriaobtained,throughastategratefultohaveexperiencedthe Helen Travis Clay (deceased), Joyceat the United States Department ofbudgetbill,$250,000,tostartpresence and purpose-driven life of AnnTravisSpearman(deceased)the Interior from 1967- 1972. SherestorationworkfortheDeerfield"Gloria." She was a blessing to all andVioletAnnTravisRicksreported for the Denver Weekly News,community,historicallytheonlywho knew her.(Atlanta).Gloria\'sparentswereanAfricanAmericannewspaper,BlacktowninWeldCounty.The modest, dependable, and Christianfrom1972-1976,andworked people who instilled in their childrenasarealestateagent.Shewas the importance of being respectful,executive assistant to Lt. Governor sociallyresponsible,andlovingtoGeorge Brown. In 1974, she earned others. Achieving higher educationaBachelorofArts(MagnaCum was the focus of family discussions. Mr.andMrs.TraviswereroleLaude) degree, in political science,Mr. and Mrs. Travis were role models to modelstonotonlytheirchildrenfromMetropolitanStateUniversity but to the greater community. Theyof Denver and, in 1976, a Master\'snot only their children but to the greater wouldtelltheirchildrenthatthedegreeinUrbanAffairsfromthe besthelpinghandyouhaveisatUniversity of Colorado.community. They would tell their children theendofyourwristsouseittoShe was a graduate of the American help others. Gloria\'s parents taughtManagementAssociationProgramthat the best helping hand you have is herandhersiblingsthattheyforWomeninTopManagerial could accomplish their dreams withPositionsandtheWomeninat the end of your wrist so use it to help determinationandtenacitywhichLeadershipProgramattheJ.F. Gloria demonstrated early in life.KennedySchoolofGovernmentatothers.Gloria exhibited a love of family,HarvardUniversity.Gloriabegan friends, and neighbors at an earlyher career in politics in 1976 as an age.Asachildduringtheeraexecutive assistant for Lt. Governor George Brown. Slavery Lasted for Another 100 Years . continued from page 7ofeachJanuary;workerscouldnotleavetheirsell farm products without written consent of theCommissiononSlaverywasreadandpresented employersuntilthecontractexpired;refusaltomaster was forbidden. The contract had to be intotheCounciloftheLeagueofNations.The work would be punished by forced labor on publicwriting,witnessedbywhitesandcertifiedbyacommission\'s report stated: "It has been notorious works;andtheNegrowasrequiredtowork10judge. Any white man could arrest a Negro he sawforyearsthatthecottoncropoftheSouthern hoursadayinsummerand9hoursadayincommit a misdemeanor. statesisraisedandharvestedbyasystemof winter.Mississippi and Florida enacted laws segregatingenforced labor in which members of the Negro race The rules for contracting Negro servants to whitepublictransportation.Texaspassedalaware held in VIRTUAL SLAVERY." In that year 23 mastersinaSouthCarolinaBlackCodeswere;requiringeverytraintohavespecialcarsforNegroes were lynched.masters were allowed to work servants under 18freedmen,butitdidnot "moderately." Over 18, servants could be whippedsay Negroes could not ride on judicial authority. Wages and time period had toinothercars.Wisconsin be specified in writing. Work on Sundays and nightrejectedaproposaltolet work were forbidden. Negroesvote.Minnesota Unauthorized attacks and inadequate food wereand Connecticut also voted notallowed.Thewageswerefixedbyajudge.againstNegrosuffrage. Failure to make contacts was made a misdemeanor,ANegroconventionheld punishable by fine, not for the employer but for theinRaleigh,N.C.adopted employee!resolutionsfortherepeal of discriminatory laws, for Farm labor was required from sunrise to sunset,properwages,protection with intervals for meals. Visitors were not allowedand education. withoutthemaster\'sconsent.EnticingawayIn1926Areportofthe another\'sservantswaspunishablebyfine.To 18 MAY 2022 BOCNEWS.com'