"The
Diverse Community of Jack McBride"
Jack McBride,
who has lived in Fulton his entire life, knows the importance of family
and community. At 76 Jack still works long hours even after retiring form
his job with the state of Missouri.
Jack prides himself on always staying busy. He has been like that his entire life but now it helps him not to dwell on the recent loss of his wife of over 50 yrs. Jack said the reason he could not allow himself to break down was because he had to stay strong for his children. One of his granddaughters, her husband and two children live down the road on the family farm.
Each day he tends to the 36 cattle on his 114-acre farm he bought in 1964. He is heavily involved in activism as the president of Fulton’s NAACP branch and working to help the youth in the city. Recently Jack and his family donated and to Habitat for Humanity where he serves as a member of the site selection committee.
As a community leader, Jack has supported and been supported by the entire Fulton community. This is especially true when it comes to the Youth Life Improvement Association he founded and is the president of. Donations and funding come from all over so that he can provide help and guidance to any youth that is interested. The man who was the first Black man to integrate Fulton High School two years before the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, says it’s simple, “we are part of the community; not Black, not white, but the community.”
Jack prides himself on always staying busy. He has been like that his entire life but now it helps him not to dwell on the recent loss of his wife of over 50 yrs. Jack said the reason he could not allow himself to break down was because he had to stay strong for his children. One of his granddaughters, her husband and two children live down the road on the family farm.
Each day he tends to the 36 cattle on his 114-acre farm he bought in 1964. He is heavily involved in activism as the president of Fulton’s NAACP branch and working to help the youth in the city. Recently Jack and his family donated and to Habitat for Humanity where he serves as a member of the site selection committee.
As a community leader, Jack has supported and been supported by the entire Fulton community. This is especially true when it comes to the Youth Life Improvement Association he founded and is the president of. Donations and funding come from all over so that he can provide help and guidance to any youth that is interested. The man who was the first Black man to integrate Fulton High School two years before the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, says it’s simple, “we are part of the community; not Black, not white, but the community.”