“She can not be put into a box.” 

—Abena Ansah-Wright

In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright talk about Nannie Helen Burroughs. Burroughs was a speaker, civil rights activist, and educator. She was an advocate for including women in more prominent roles in the church, and founded her own trade and liberal arts school for girls and women.

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“Lucy Craft Laney is in the south, where racial violence is intensifying, the lines are hardening…and she is out here trying to create spaces for education for black children. That’s huge.” 

—Abena Ansah-Wright

In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright discuss Lucy Craft Laney, an educator born in Georgia in 1854. She was educated at an American Missionary Association school, and went on to start her own school for black children in her home state of Georgia, where she served as principal. 

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Find Jasmine’s book at https://carvedinebonybook.com 

“This woman was born with nothing, worked to have her own property, and then gave away everything.” 

—Jasmine Holmes

In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright tell the story of  Maria Fearing, a woman born into slavery in Alabama. After Fearing was freed, she learned to read and write, became a teacher, and bought her own home. In her fifties, Maria sold her house as a means to finance her missionary journey to the Congo, where she stayed for as long as she was able. She served as a Bible translator, opened a home for girls, and rescued many children from slavery. 

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Find Jasmine’s book at https://carvedinebonybook.com