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LAST WEEK OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Day 6 of 7 Black activists to celebrate
SOJOURNER TRUTH:
Truth was born into slaverly, serving several masters throughout New York before escaping to freedom in 1826.
Truth had 5 children and when she escaped she could only take 1 because the others were still legally bounded to her slave owner.
After the New York Anti-Slavery Law was passed Truth filed a lawsuit to get her 5 year old son and won her case regaining custody of her son, making her the first black woman to sue a white man in a United States court.
After Truth became a passionate Christian.
Truth joined an abolitionist organization where she met leading abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass.
This is where she launched her career as an equal rights activist.
Truth gave a speech where she spoke about equal rights for black women. In speech she asked the rhetorical question, “Ain’t I A Woman?”, this speech went on to become her most famous.
Truth helped recruit black soldiers during the Civil War.
Her activism for the abolitionist movement gained attention of President Lincoln, who invited her to the White House in 1864.
Later in life Truth continued to speak out on discrimination.
Truth legacy as a black women fighting for equality lives on.
THANK YOU SOJOURNER TRUTH
LAST WEEK OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Day 2 of 7: Black activists to celebrate
ELLA BAKER
Ella Baker, born on December 13, 1903, was an civil rights and human rights activist.
In her lifetime Baker found her way in many active leading groups such as, the YNCL and the NAACP.
In 1957, Baker helped launch the SCLC ,which Martin Luther King Jr. co founded along many other.
During her time there she organized the event that led to the creation of the SNCC.
In her later years Baker remained fighting for social justice issues and equality.
Of course her legacy lives on.
THANK YOU ELLA BAKER
