Gloria Fox

Former state rep. Byron Rushing speaks at the funeral service for Gloria Fox at the Charles Street A.M.E. Church on Tuesday, Dec. 10.

In the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978, after 27 inches of snow fell on the Boston area, shutting down businesses and schools throughout the city, the lights were on and the doors unlocked at the Roxbury Area Planning Action Committee office at the insistence of its head, Gloria Fox who remained in the office to provide assistance while most of the city remained closed.