Betty Jean Barr Randolph was born in the small rural town of Greelyville, South Carolina, in 1942. As she said, “If you were Black, you were human, but you may not have had the same experiences as others. At a very young age, she saw chain gangs working across the street from her home. She was called the “N” word for nothing more than riding her bike to the store for some candy. Randolph was attending North Carolina Agriculture and Technology (A&T) in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960 when four young Black students from the university started a sit-in at the segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter. Refusing to leave after being denied service, they were beaten and arrested. She and many other students participated in the ensuing protest marches. Randolph and her husband, Louis, would go on to call Washington, North Carolina, home, becoming well known for their service to the community.