Harriet Tubman (at birth Araminta Ross) is arguably the most well-known fighter against slavery in American History. She was a leader, abolitionist, nurse, spy, scout, and suffragist. She died on this day in 1913 in Auburn, New York.
Josephine Amanda Groves Holloway, organization executive, college registrar, social worker, unstoppable soldier for equality, was born on this day in Cowpens, South Carolina, in 1898.
She began organizing African American girls scouting groups on an unofficial basis in 1933. These efforts were finally recognized by the Nashville Girl Scout Council in 1942. She attended Fisk University.
On this day in 1972, the National Black Political Convention began in Gary Indiana. 10,000 Black people gathered to discuss and draw up the Gary Declaration, which advocated a transition to independent Black Politics.
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