Who was Richard Allen? He was America’s first black bishop. He was born to parents who were slaves. Soon after the family was sold to a Delaware farmer. Richard faced racism, cruelty and inequality. He wasn’t educated and anything he wanted to undertake he needed his master’s permission. His master, in order to pay his… Read More From Slave to Bishop
Just this week, I learned that Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote her famous novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin because of something her sister said in a letter she had written to her. Her words were, “If I could use my pen as you can, I would write something that would make this whole nation feel what an… Read More Using Her Pen
Maggie Lena Walker, daughter of a former slave and the first female bank owner, was instrumental in the epoch of economic empowerment of African Americans in America. 27 Words If you’re interested in learning more about this remarkable business woman, click here. Source: National Historic… Read More Empowering Others
Mary Eliza Mahoney She made history as the first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States. Mary Eliza Mahoney was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Her parents, originally from North Carolina, were freed slaves. They moved north before the Civil War, where they would face less discrimination. Mary… Read More Mary Eliza Mahoney
Dubbed “America’s favorite black conservative” and “Genius of the South”, Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. She is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. Zora was born on January 7, 1891. She was was the fifth of eight children. … Read More Zora Neale Hurston
This evening I received an email update from Dreamcatchers For Abused Children about the death an Indian baby girl named Falak who survived two cardiac arrests and a meningitis infection contracted during treatment. She was admitted to the hospital covered in human bite marks. The Doctors in Delhi said the battered two-year-old suffered a fatal heart attack.… Read More Death of Baby Falak
I never knew about Hattie McDaniel until I saw her in Gone With the Wind. She made history when she won an Oscar for playing Mammy in the Academy award winner for best picture. She was the first African American to do so. In her acceptance speech, she said, “I sincerely hope that I shall… Read More Hattie McDaniel
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