Background
Maycie Herrington (née Copeland) was born to Thomas and Dicie Copeland on November 7, 1918 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Maycie Herrington (née Copeland) was born to Thomas and Dicie Copeland on November 7, 1918 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Herrington returned to the Saint Augustine"s University campus to attend college. During her time as an undergraduate, she met Aaron Herrington, a fellow student. She graduated in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science degree.
Herrington went to the grade school associated with Saint Augustine College and then enrolled into the Lucille Hunter School. She received her high school education at Washington High School, graduating 1936. College years Three years after graduating from college, Herrington married Aaron Herrington in 1943.
Tuskegee Airmen experience Shortly after their wedding, Aaron Herrington received orders to report to Tuskegee, Alabama by the military for training as a fighter pilot as part of the Tuskegee Airmen in 1943.
She went to work for the Red Cross and interacted with many of the Tuskegee Airmen. She became secretary of the organization in 1998.
Social work Following World World War II, the Herringtons moved to Long Beach, California. Maycie Herrington was hired by the Bureau for Public Assistance as a social worker in 1949, a position that she held for more than 30 years.
In this role, she worked with the Long Beach Area Welfare Planning Council United Way.
She also organized the summer camps and Christmas activities run by the bureau. She retired in 1981.
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As part of these efforts, she designed and produced a series of trading cards documenting individual members of the Tuskegee Airmen.