River Park 3
"Mother" Annie Mae Perry, then 96, leads more than 200 people in a processional to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tree in River Park East. Mother Perry, as she is affectionately known by the community, was a matriarch of River Park. A midwife for 25 years, she delivered 514 babies. I felt just like they was mine, she said. Felt just like my children. Mother Perry was a leader by example for the community, working to make sure her children had an education in an age of segregation. She was a founding member of the Naples NAACP.
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