A Woman to Know: Anna Julia Cooper
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or sect, a party or a class — it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity. — Anna Julia
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or sect, a party or a class — it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity. — Anna Julia
(image via the University of North Carolina)
In 1858, Anna Julia was born a slave in North Carolina. In 1868, she was a freed woman, studying multiple languages at a secondary school in Raleigh. In 1898,…
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