Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)
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Born Isabella Baumfree, Sojourner Truth became the first black woman orator to lecture against slavery. When asked how she received her name, she replied, “I asked the Lord to give me a new name and He gave me Sojourner because I was to travel up and down the land showing the people’s sins and [...]
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Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
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Rosa Parks is known as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. She was born February 4, 1913 in Tuskeegee, Alabama. In 1955, Rosa instigated the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, by refusing to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger as required by city law. Although secretary of the [...]
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Oprah Winfrey
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Oprah Winfrey is the highest paid entertainer in the world. Her net worth is estimated at more than $250 million. This figure includes her production company Harpo (Oprah spelled backwards).
As a child, Oprah moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, then back to Nashville. She was crowned Miss Black Tennessee at the age of nineteen. After this [...]
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