Growing up on the family’s 150-year-old ranch, Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Sr. learned every ranching task from working on windmills to branding cattle. After graduating from Fisk University, Stevenson Sr. returned to the ranch to preserve her birthright. During the years of segregation, Stevenson Sr. opened the ranch as a haven for black children who were barred from the city parks. A strong believer in education, she offered many students the means to have college educations.
