Connie Curry's parents were Irish immigrants. She grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina and graduated from Agnes Scott College where she was president of the student body and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. During her college years in the 1950s, she became involved in the U.S. National Student Association (NSA) and it's work for integration.

After studying abroad as a Fulbright scholar and doing graduate work at Columbia University she went to Atlanta to work for NSA in human relations and was the first white woman appointed to the executive committee of SNCC - the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.

After leaving the National Student Association in January, 1964, Connie Curry worked as a field representative for the Friends Service Committee until 1975 and then was Director of Human Services for the City of Atlanta until 1990.

Hear about one of the experiences Connie faced in Mississippi while working for the Friends Service Committee.   MP3    Real Audio

She earned a law degree in 1984. She is author of Silver Rights which won the Lillian Smith Award and co-author with Aaron Henry of The Fire Ever Burning, She lives in Atlanta where she is writing her fourth book about grassroots activists in the Civil Rights Movement.