In this book, it discusses Ella Baker and her involvement in the civil rights movement. In one chapter of the book, Chapter 3: Harlem During the 1930s, it touches base on Baker’s involvement in radical activism during the Great Depression. Specifically, Ransby explains how Baker began her involvement in the activist community after she graduated from college and moved to New York City, where she was emerged into an environment with left wing views. In Harlem, she would participate street corner discussions in regards to the black freedom movement and radical visions.
Today, you will learn the unique story of Eva Galler. Born on January 1, 1924 in Oleszyce, Poland, Eva Galler’s community consisted of 7,000 families. Her father distributed religious articles and her mother was an orphan. Unlike most girls her age, Eva went to high school and was receiving an education.
Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820. She was born in Adams, Massachusetts. Susan was raised in a Quaker household. This household held many activist traditions, whereas they believed in equal treatment and opportunity for everyone. She was the second oldest of eight children.
Buchanan was born on October 8, 1940, in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. During her childhood, she lived in South Carolina with her adoptive family. This is where she spent most of her early life. Buchanan originally went to school to pursue a career in the medical field because she wanted to be able to help others.
Loretta Lynn has always had a passion and love for music, she always had a lot of number one hits on her albums. She did not always have it easy, because in her childhood it was rough and up to her marriage and her children. Loretta Lynn has had a good singing career she has won and got some awards at the CMA’s, she was the first ever to get an award from the CMA’s for being Entertainer of the Year with her songs and her movies Loretta Lynn had a rough time in her childhood, people recall her as the First Lady of Country Music because she started it back in the 90's. Loretta Lynn was inspired by music in her childhood, because she loved hearing it and the tune of it. Lynn grew up as a coal miner's daughter, and then she wrote a song about
Tammy Wynette had a very interesting life; many challenges stood in front of her, despite these challenges she succeeded in having a very great career, that made her one of the best musicians to ever live. Tammy Wynette was born May 5, 1942 in Tremont, Mississippi (Itawamba County) and given the name Virginia Wynette Pugh. Her father ,a guitarist, unfortunately passed away of a brain tumor when she was only eight months
In “nineteen thirty-seven”, Josephine’s mother was imprisoned for being a witch. Before Josephine’s birth, her mother swam across a blood-filled river to Haiti from the Dominican Republic, where Haitians were slaughtered. Every year, Josephine and her mother performed rituals at the Massacre River. When Josephine visits her frail mother in jail, she never says anything, but she brings a Virgin Mary statue that her mother makes cry using wax and oil. When Josephine’s mother died, she is left alone with only the Virgin Mary statue.
Women have had to fight their way into positions of power, and few have had the struggle and success of Clara Barton, “The Angel of the Battlefield”. She greatly impacted both America and Europe, and then went on to create life saving organizations still important to this day. After making a massive impact on the battlefields of the Civil War, Clara Barton changed the world by founding the American Red Cross even while struggling with deep personal issues and adversity towards women. Clara Barton was born Christmas day 1821 in North Oxford, a small town near Worcester, Massachusetts. She had high marks at local schools and was tutored by her older siblings.
Selena Quintanilla-Perez was a talented Mexican-American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, and fashion designer. On top of her career, she had respect, and was admired as a great role model by Mexican Americans. The “Queen of Tejano” music, her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. Billboard magazine named her the “Top Latin Artist of the 90s” and then “Best Selling Latin Artist of the decade”. Selena ranks among the most influential Latin artists of all time and is credited for catapulting a music genre into the mainstream market.
Edward Kennedy Ellington was born in Washington, D.C, April 29, 1899. When Ellington was a child his family showed support and were proud blacks in there house hold. During that time period his family worked to protect him from the Era of the Jim Crow law.
Mildred D. Taylor was born on September 13, 1943. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida. Her entire family has lived in the state of Mississippi ever since the beginning of slavery. A few weeks after her birth, her father wanted more freedom and chose to move to Toledo, Ohio. She lived there for 22 years.
She had become the first African American performer to sign a contract with a major studio, but she wanted to accomplish more than that. She wanted to be a voice for African Americans who were also trying to receive equality. “When I went to the south and met the kind of people who were fighting in such an unglamorous fashion, I mean, fighting to just get someplace to sit and get a sandwich. I felt close to that kind of thing because I had denied it and had been left away from it so long. And I began to feel such pain again.
Billie Holiday is one of the most influential jazz singers of her time. Her attitude, determination and most of all her music inspired artists throughout time and inspired major social change. Throughout her lifetime she explored the world of jazz, her identity, and how far the limits of her talent would take her. She exchanged her poor life, full of drugs and scandal for a life of performing the arts and showcasing her talents and abilities. Her incredible determination led her to do what she loved regardless of what anyone thought , which led to her inciting major social exchange; moving black suffering into white consciousness.
First, the early years and middle years of Bessie Coleman. “Born on January 26, 1892, in Atlanta, Texas Bessie Coleman live the life of a true adventurer.” (“Fly, Bessie, Fly Author’s Note”). When Bessie was 9 she was in Waxahachie, Texas and Bessie was singing and pretending to be a bird flying in the cotton fields.
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on April 25th, 1917 in Newport News,
