important members of the Calgary community of black persons. When she graduated, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a key player in the civil rights movement, gave significant attention to her achievements and both the union's president and vice president travelled from New York and Detroit to make a presentation to her in Calgary. Career King practiced criminal law in Calgary, articling with E.J. McCormick. She later moved to Ottawa, around 1956, to join the federal civil service in a senior administrative role at Citizenship and Immigration Canada, where she was promoted twice. She served during the time that Ellen Fairclough was named Canada's first woman member of cabinet and Minister of Immigration. By 1962, the Department had taken major steps to eliminate racism and respect the new Bill of Rights. In 1963, King moved to the United States, working in executive roles for the YW/YMCA in Newark, New Jersey and Chicago, Illinois, gaining prominence for helping African Americans find work. In 1976, she was appointed Executive Director of the national Council of YMCA’s Organizational Development Group, becoming the first woman named to a senior management position with the American national YMCA. In 1965 King married Godfrey C. Henry, a Trinidadian-American and graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Political Science, and they lived in Newark, NJ. In 1966 King-Henry gave birth to her only child, daughter Jo-Anne Henry. King was 52 when she died of cancer in New York City in 1982. She was featured in the documentary, Secret Alberta: The Former Life of Amber Valley by filmmaker Cheryl Foggo in 2017; King was a bridesmaid at Foggo's mother's wedding. References Black Canadian women Canadian women lawyers 20th-century Canadian lawyers African-American women lawyers African-American lawyers YMCA leaders Canadian people of African-American descent People from Calgary University of Alberta alumni Canadian emigrants to the United States 1929 births 1981 deaths People from Amber Valley, Alberta 20th-century American women lawyers 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century Canadian women 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people