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Women and Social Movements: "Intellectual Progress of Colored Women"
Transcript of Anna Julia Cooper's discussion of "The Intellectual Progress of Colored Women of the United States Since the Emancipation Proclamation," presented to The World's Congress of Representational Women in 1894. In it, she...
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United States Postal Service: Voice of an Extraordiary Educator [Pdf]
One of the Postal Service's Education Kits, this pamphlet, from the Visionary Voices series, is about Anna Julia Cooper, who was an African American educator, feminist, and scholar throughout the late 19th century and the fist half of...
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Anna Julia Cooper Project: Anna Julia Cooper's Biography
Biographical sketch of Anna Julia Cooper, who had a long career as an educator and an activist who spoke out about the need for society to raise the position of black women, and to educate all people, regardless of their race or gender.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Black List Project: Barbara Harris
Civil rights activist Reverend Barbara Harris is featured for her involvement in freedom rides and marches in the 1960's.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: w.e.b. Du Bois Growing Up
This introduction to the life of W.E.B. Du Bois, a founding member of the National Association of Colored People, informs readers about his childhood, the impact of racism on his life and the many accomplishments he achieved despite...
BBC
Bbc: Historic Figures: Marcus Garvey (1887 1940)
Brief biographical resource on Marcus Garvey, the creator of the "Back to Africa" movement in the United States. Archived.