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Nannie Helen Burroughs meets us at the intersection of gender, race, and profession. She was an educator, civil rights activists, feminist, and businesswoman.
Burroughs was born May 2, 1879, in Orange Virginia. Her parents were formerly slaves, and her father was a farmer and Baptist preacher. Her father died when she was young, so Burroughs and her mother moved to Washing DC.
She attended high school in DC where she met Anna Julia Cooper and Mary Church Terrell, who were suffragists and civil rights activists.
After graduation she applied for a job with the District but could not get one because her skin was too dark. This set in her the determination to ensure women of her skin tone could improve their situation.
From 1898 to 1909 Burroughs went to work for the National Baptist Convention in Kentucky. She was one of the founders of the Women’s Convention and served as president for 13 years. She also found the National Training School in 1908 that provided evening classes for women who had no other means of education.
In 1908 she opened the National Training School. Her goal was to uplift the race. The main themes of the school was the three B’s: the Bible, the bath, and the broom.
In 1920 she wrote two plays, one The Slabtown District Convention and Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight?
In 1928, Burroughs was appointed committee chairwoman by the Hoover Administration for the White House Conference 1931 Home Building and Ownership. She also spoke at conferences.
She died in May of 1961.
Art of the Month
Nannie Helen Burroughs meets us at the intersection of gender, race, and profession. She was an educator, civil rights activists, feminist, and businesswoman.
Burroughs was born May 2, 1879, in Orange Virginia. Her parents were formerly slaves, and her father was a farmer and Baptist preacher. Her father died when she was young, so Burroughs and her mother moved to Washing DC.
She attended high school in DC where she met Anna Julia Cooper and Mary Church Terrell, who were suffragists and civil rights activists.
After graduation she applied for a job with the District but could not get one because her skin was too dark. This set in her the determination to ensure women of her skin tone could improve their situation.
From 1898 to 1909 Burroughs went to work for the National Baptist Convention in Kentucky. She was one of the founders of the Women’s Convention and served as president for 13 years. She also found the National Training School in 1908 that provided evening classes for women who had no other means of education.
In 1908 she opened the National Training School. Her goal was to uplift the race. The main themes of the school was the three B’s: the Bible, the bath, and the broom.
In 1920 she wrote two plays, one The Slabtown District Convention and Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight?
In 1928, Burroughs was appointed committee chairwoman by the Hoover Administration for the White House Conference 1931 Home Building and Ownership. She also spoke at conferences.
She died in May of 1961
Art of the Month
African American women are a force of strength and resilience, leaving an indelible mark on the world throughout history. Despite the many challenges designed to hold us back, we have never been defeated. When laws were created to suppress our hair, we responded with creativity—crafting headscarves that became timeless symbols of style and strength. We turned our hair into art, weaving stories and even maps into our styles.
Trailblazers like fashion designer Zelda Wynn Valdes broke barriers, opening her own fashion house and designing the iconic Playboy Bunny costume—making history with every stitch.
We’ve always known that Black is beautiful. That truth gained widespread recognition during the 1950s and 60s, when a movement arose to celebrate the natural beauty of African American women. It was a time of bold defiance against societal norms. Instead of conforming by straightening their hair, women embraced their roots—literally—with full, glorious afros.
We’ve turned something as simple as a look into a statement, a culture, a way of life.
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Art of the Month
Women’s History
African American women are a force of strength and resilience, leaving an indelible mark on the world throughout history. Despite the many challenges designed to hold us back, we have never been defeated. When laws were created to suppress our hair, we responded with creativity—crafting headscarves that became timeless symbols of style and strength. We turned our hair into art, weaving stories and even maps into our styles.
Trailblazers like fashion designer Zelda Wynn Valdes broke barriers, opening her own fashion house and designing the iconic Playboy Bunny costume—making history with every stitch.
We’ve always known that Black is beautiful. That truth gained widespread recognition during the 1950s and 60s, when a movement arose to celebrate the natural beauty of African American women. It was a time of bold defiance against societal norms. Instead of conforming by straightening their hair, women embraced their roots—literally—with full, glorious afros.
We’ve turned something as simple as a look into a statement, a culture, a way of life.
With chapgpt
Art of the Month
African American women are a force of strength and resilience, leaving an indelible mark on the world throughout history. Despite the many challenges designed to hold us back, we have never been defeated. When laws were created to suppress our hair, we responded with creativity—crafting headscarves that became timeless symbols of style and strength. We turned our hair into art, weaving stories and even maps into our styles.
Trailblazers like fashion designer Zelda Wynn Valdes broke barriers, opening her own fashion house and designing the iconic Playboy Bunny costume—making history with every stitch.
We’ve always known that Black is beautiful. That truth gained widespread recognition during the 1950s and 60s, when a movement arose to celebrate the natural beauty of African American women. It was a time of bold defiance against societal norms. Instead of conforming by straightening their hair, women embraced their roots—literally—with full, glorious afros.
We’ve turned something as simple as a look into a statement, a culture, a way of life.
With chapgpt
Art of the Month
African American women are a force of strength and resilience, leaving an indelible mark on the world throughout history. Despite the many challenges designed to hold us back, we have never been defeated. When laws were created to suppress our hair, we responded with creativity—crafting headscarves that became timeless symbols of style and strength. We turned our hair into art, weaving stories and even maps into our styles.
Trailblazers like fashion designer Zelda Wynn Valdes broke barriers, opening her own fashion house and designing the iconic Playboy Bunny costume—making history with every stitch.
We’ve always known that Black is beautiful. That truth gained widespread recognition during the 1950s and 60s, when a movement arose to celebrate the natural beauty of African American women. It was a time of bold defiance against societal norms. Instead of conforming by straightening their hair, women embraced their roots—literally—with full, glorious afros.
We’ve turned something as simple as a look into a statement, a culture, a way of life.
With chapgpt
Art of the Month
African American women are a force of strength and resilience, leaving an indelible mark on the world throughout history. Despite the many challenges designed to hold us back, we have never been defeated. When laws were created to suppress our hair, we responded with creativity—crafting headscarves that became timeless symbols of style and strength. We turned our hair into art, weaving stories and even maps into our styles.
Trailblazers like fashion designer Zelda Wynn Valdes broke barriers, opening her own fashion house and designing the iconic Playboy Bunny costume—making history with every stitch.
We’ve always known that Black is beautiful. That truth gained widespread recognition during the 1950s and 60s, when a movement arose to celebrate the natural beauty of African American women. It was a time of bold defiance against societal norms. Instead of conforming by straightening their hair, women embraced their roots—literally—with full, glorious afros.
We’ve turned something as simple as a look into a statement, a culture, a way of life.
Art of the Month
Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker (3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French dancer, singer and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant.
She was born in St Louis, Missouri, as Freda Josephine McDonald where she had a very rough beginning. She dropped out of school at age 12 and had two failed marriages at ages 13 and 15. Then she joined a vaudeville troupe that took her to New York City. She later became part of a show, Shuffle Along in the chorus line. This would be one of the first steps to her success. She joined the cast in the chorus.
She used comedy to make herself stand out in the chorus line, and later launch a career that sent her overseas because prejudice limited what she could accomplish in the United States. In Paris she became a success which led to a career that spanned all over Europe. Some have called her the first Beyonce in that she starred in theater and movies in France and became a standout star.
She did not limit her life to performance, during World War II she became a spy for the French Resistance and later received a medal for her work. In the 1950s became active in the Civil Rights Movement traveling throughout the southern part of the United States. Ever the humanitarian, she also adopted 12 children from around the world and raise them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker
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