The Unsung Black Women of America – By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
Ella Baker says, “You didn’t see me on television; you didn’t see news stories about me, The kind of role I play was to pick up pieces or put together pieces out of which I hoped organization might come.’
While her most illustrious colleagues were in limelight Baker had fashioned a well-oiled machine as part of the civil rights movement. Baker was the granddaughter of a slave. Her grandmother was whipped for refusing to marry a man that was chosen for her by the slave owner.
Baker’s sense for social justice was sharpened by the stories of her grand-mother about the perils of slavery. She realized that in order to break the chains of dependence she would have to take education seriously.
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A wearable tribute to the ancestors the resistors and the survivors
“For there has never been a time like this.”
The sand that is permanently enclosed in the see-through cylinder comes from beaches in West Africa where our ancestors last walked before being hoarded onto ships to be sold and kept in bondage. Read more at www.diaspora-plus.com
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Comments
Another very informative article. Thanks Dr. Dhanpsul Narine for sharing your knowledge, your participation in community activities, standing up for justice and you many interesting articles. Please continue your good works.
Thanks Deen, this makes my day! Thanks also to Cyril Bryan for his vision to accommodate different opinions on this site.