Tusi se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - Na fanau Clara Leach Adams-Ender i Willow Spring, i North Carolina, iā Iulai 11, 1939. E toʻaiva ona uso ma tuafāfine. O lona tinā o Caretha Bell Sapp Leach. O lona tamā, o Otha Leach, o se faifaatoʻaga, ma sa nonofo le aiga i Wake County, i North Carolina, i se faatoʻaga tapaa. Na auai Adams-Ender i le aoga maualuga i Fuquay Springs Consolidated High School ma faauu ina ua sefuluono ona tausaga ma lona lua i lana vasega. Sa aʻoga o ia i le North Carolina A&amp;T State University. A o iai o ia i inā, sa auai o ia i le tetee i le nofoia o Greensboro
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