Eleanor Conrad, the matriarch of a family that broke racial barriers and strived to improve education in Dallas, died June 27. She was 99.
Eleanor Eugenia Nelson Conrad was born Feb. 14, 1924 in Champaign County, Illinois. One of the first times she was forced to stand up against racism came in fourth grade.
She graduated Champaign Senior High School in 1942 and studied home economics at the University of Illinois. She worked as a home economics teacher at Atlanta’s Morris Brown College. When Emmett Conrad decided to run for school board, it was Eleanor who managed his campaign. From their dining room table, she mobilized voters, addressed mailers and organized rides to the polls. She even wrote a song, which Cecilia can still sing, to stir up engagement.Shortly after he won his seat – the first Black person to do so – Eleanor Conrad made history in her own right.
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