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Part 7 of the Modjeska Simkins story. An African American girl born to a half-white, half-black brick mason, Modjeska came from relative wealth and married into wealth, but dedicated her life to...
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Part 5 of the Modjeska Simkins story. An African American girl born to a half-white, half-black brick mason, Modjeska came from relative wealth and married into wealth, but dedicated her life to...
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Mary McLeod Bethune, Part 4 - Opens Her First School Unable to find a position as an African American, she returns to Maysville with her husband Albertus, a fellow teacher. They find a schoolhouse in...
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Mary McLeod Bethune, Part 1 - Mary's Early Life The beginning of the Mary McLeod Bethune story. Mary was a sharecropper’s daughter, one of seventeen children, who from a young age had a desire and...
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Grace and Rachel Martin, Part 1 - Vital Information Revealed The Martins compliment the soldier until he reveals the information he is carrying, which proves to be very vital information.
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Grace and Rachel Martin, Part 2 - A Different Path The Martins convince the courier to take a path that will add time to his route. They hatch a plan to dress as men and use a gun to coerce him to...
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Part 2 of the story of Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké. Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879) followed a similar path, speaking out and leaving home to join...
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Mary McLeod Bethune, Part 2 - Mary's School Years At eleven years old Mary begins to learn from Miss Emma Wilson at a school for black children.
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The introduction to the story of Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké. Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879) followed a similar path, speaking out and leaving...
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Grace and Rachel Martin, Part 3 - Disguised as Men The sisters meet the courier at the bridge and force him to give them the important papers at gunpoint. The sisters are uncertain if the courier...