2006 National Caring Awards. Oral Lee Brown.
Oral Lee Brown has two role models. The first is a teacher named Miss Grace, who showed her that education can take you places, even if you're poor, black, and a woman. The second is her mother, who told her to share three pennies and keep two if she was lucky enough to have a nickel. "If I could just ever live up to either one of them, I would be okay," says Ms. Brown.
D000293:Adolescent; D000533:Altruism; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D004645:Empathy; D005582:Foundations; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D035862:Vulnerable Populations