Shards of Stained Glass

  These pieces of stained glass are so small, you would think that their story was just as small. But it isn’t. It started like any other day. September 15, 1963, dawned clear and bright on the town of Birmingham, Alabama. A racially divided town known for...

Political Powerhouses: Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune is known for many things: her activism, her philanthropy and her work as an educator and civil rights activist. However, she was also a political activist. Mary was born in South Carolina, the daughter of two former slaves. After completing her...

African American History Month: The Teenage Civil Rights Activist

USA Today recently published a list of “15 black history sites you don’t know.”¬†This list includes great museums and historical sites throughout the United States, including two sites dedicated to notable African American women. The...

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