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Although the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863, there were still enslaved people in many states awaiting their freedom. On June 19, 1865, Texas ...
Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
Claudette Colvin (born Claudette Austin; September 5, 1939) [1] [2] is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide.On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus.
The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Established in 2017, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund stands between historic Black cultural sites and efforts to destroy them.
Umar Rashad Ibn Abdullah-Johnson (born Jermaine Shoemake; August 21, 1974), better known simply as Dr. Umar, is an American Black activist, [1] [2] psychologist, and motivational speaker. [3] Johnson is a self-proclaimed Prince of Pan-Africanism who condemns interracial marriage and homosexuality. [4] [5] He has been described as a Hotep. [6]
The three grew up in public housing and came from low-income families. [2] During high school, the three made a pact to get through high school, college , and medical school successfully [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and credit school counselor Carla Dickson with guiding them through their tumultuous teenage years. [ 5 ]
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.
Sojourner Truth (/ s oʊ ˈ dʒ ɜːr n ər, ˈ s oʊ dʒ ɜːr n ər /; [1] born Isabella Baumfree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. [2] Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to ...