Carol Ruth Silver
/Overview
Carol Ruth Silver born Boston, MA October 1, 1938. UN clerk; Freedom Rider; arrested Jackson, MS, 1961 on Trailways bus from Nashville; jailed 40 days; worked with Cesar Chavez; San Francisco Supervisor, 1978-89; involved with OLPC, donating computers to Afghan children.
Quotations
"We were doing something to change the world in a very direct and dangerous way. Just like the kids in Libya with their Facebook apps are changing the world, we changed the world." (San Francisco Chronicle, April 14, 2011; 1978 photo http://bit.ly/w7Iz4s)