Keeping It Real: Yes we do, since the beginning of time! Harriet Tubman-escaped slave, Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist, women's rights activist, spy, soldier. Sojourner Truth-lecturer, escaped slave, abolitionist, women's rights activist. Cicely Tyson-actress. Madam C J Walker-business executive, inventor. Ida B. Wells- journalist, activist. Oprah Winfrey-reporter, talk show host, business executive. Sarah Bartmann, Angela Davis, Coretta Scott King AND the list goes on and on...
You can find an ever-expanding list of resources for learning about famous African American women and other women of Black History. You'll find women who are famous and women who should be better-known, from early America and slavery to the 21st century, including the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights movement here: http://womenshistory.about.com/od/africanamerican/a/black_women.htm Ya Dig?...
You can find an ever-expanding list of resources for learning about famous African American women and other women of Black History. You'll find women who are famous and women who should be better-known, from early America and slavery to the 21st century, including the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights movement here: http://womenshistory.about.com/od/africanamerican/a/black_women.htm Ya Dig?...
and we come in different shades of BROWN! Ya Dig?
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