In this episode, Yvette and Ericka highlight Black leaders then and now. Some you may know and some you may learn about! “The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” – W.E.B. Du Bois
Edmonia Lewis
Some of her pieces can be found at:
Howard University Gallery of Art
Check out how Google honored her via the Google Doodle . The doodle pictures her working on The Death of Cleopatra
Dorothy Height: Dorothy Height - Wikipedia / Dr. Dorothy Height Biography (womenshistory.org)
Ruby Bridges: Ruby Bridges | National Women's History Museum (womenshistory.org) / Ruby Bridges - Wikipedia
Raphael Warnock: Raphael Warnock - Wikipedia / About The Senator » Reverend Raphael Warnock (senate.gov)
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett: Kizzmekia Corbett - Wikipedia / TIME names Kizzmekia Corbett one of four heroes of the year | News | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health