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This is one of the Women that I have added to my “Obscure Women” series. Mrs. Cary was a true champion for human rights, regardless of race or gender. A perfect example of someone who was of the elite class using their wealth, and status for the good of the . . . → Read More: Mary Ann Shadd Cary – Abolitionist, Editor, Lawyer 
As a lil’ girl growing up in Mississippi, I heard Ms. Fannie speak. Although I was afraid for her safety, I was very inspired by her courage and determination to not let color or gender stop her from seeking what was right for those who . . . → Read More: Fannie Lou Hamer – “I’m Sick and Tired of BEING Sick and Tired” Below is a great piece on a good friend of mine which I borrowed from his website. I met Mr. Bill Costen in 2005. I was somewhat embarrassed that I had not met this living legend before, as we almost lived in each others backyard. He is one of my Unsung Heros. Below . . . → Read More: Bill Costen – First African American Commercial Hot-Air Balloon Pilot in the Country.
Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an author, activist, and civil rights leader. The widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Mrs. King’s most prominent role may have been in the years after . . . → Read More: Coretta Scott King – More than the wife of Martin
Elizabeth Keckly was born in February 1818 in Dinwiddie County Courthouse, VA. She was born a slave to slave parents. She was brought into this world in God-like thought but fettered in action. Like many before her, she was forced into servitude. But she never surrendered her mind or her desire to be free! . . . → Read More: Elizabeth Keckly/Mary Baxter Johnson |
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