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from Morehouse or Nohouse, we’re still in this bag together.”41 Hamer’s remarks alluded to the class tensions in the movement, which often fueled deep divisions among activists. To some middle-class and elite Black Americans during the 1960s, Hamer would hardly qualify as a leader because of her limited formal education. The reality that her collea
... See moreKeisha N. Blain • Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
were best suited to play, given their talents, interests, and personal responsibilities.For most of our history, the ideal of "community" drove the black model for leadership and group participation. Blacks were enslaved as a community, we were disenfranchised as a community, we had been terrorized as a community. We responded to all thes
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‘His Name Was Bélizaire’: Rare Portrait of Enslaved Child Arrives at the Met
youtube.comPossibly knowing that the end was near, he spent more time now on philanthropy.
Michael P. Malone • James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest (The Oklahoma Western Biographies Book 12)
The New York Times typified the obituaries: “Greatness became him, and was a condition of his errand here. Whatever he had done, it had been greatly done. He trusted democracy perhaps more than it trusts itself. He believed in its economic destiny. Giving much, he received much. We salute the memory of a great American.”
Michael P. Malone • James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest (The Oklahoma Western Biographies Book 12)
leader.
LaTonya Wilkins • Leading Below the Surface
As a Black woman who had forged a successful career on Wall Street, she was no stranger to adversity. She knew there were no shortcuts. She had to understand the data for herself.
Paul Leonardi • The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI
Though he might not get there himself, he could provide a way so other Black men and women might reach the top ranks of IBM.
Clyde W. Ford • Think Black: A Memoir
accountability.