Carolyn Robertson Payton was a psychologist and global peace administrator and advocate. Payton was born in Norfolk, Virginia to Leroy Solomon Robertson and Bertha Flanagan Robertson. Her father was a chef and her mother a seamstress and homemaker. Payton grew up during the Depression and her childhood was marked by memories of ramped racism. She […]
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