Post by Maggie on Feb 22, 2014 20:50:30 GMT -6
The historical experiences of the African Americans in our country are well-known. Less well-known to us is how many accomplished men and women there were. Their accomplishments are worth celebrating. I think many of us will be really surprised at the number of fields women entered and excelled in. Here are a very few examples:
Before Rosa Parks there was Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. She began her career as a writer by publishing her 1st book of Poetry at age 21 (Forest Leaves 1846). She refused to give up her Trolley Car Seat or ride in the "Colored" Section of the segregated Trolley Car in Philadelphia (1858).......100 Years before Rosa Parks (Pinner's description)
Mary Edmonia Lewis (ca. July 4, 1845 – ca. 1911) was the first African American and Native American woman to gain fame and recognition as a sculptor in the international fine arts world. She was of African American, Haitian and Ojibwe descent.
Mary Jane Patterson (1840- 1894), A.B. Oberlin 1862. Patterson was the first African-American woman to receive an A.B. degree in the United States. She was a pioneer in black education and paved the way for other female African-American educators.
Charlotte E. Ray, born in 1850, was the first black woman in America to become an attorney.
Dr. Edith Irby Jones was the first African-American student to attend the University of Arkansas School of Medicine - nine years before the Little Rock Nine - and she was also the first woman president of the National Medical Association.
OK. I cannot stand it. Here are some men! This first is an unbelievably wonderful picture of a fine American:
1936 olympic champion Jesse Owens working at a gas station in 1935 Cleveland.
Martin Robison Delany was an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, and writer, arguably the first proponent of American black nationalism. He was one of the first three blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School. He became the first African-American field officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War. Trained as an assistant and a physician, he treated patients during the cholera epidemics of 1833 & 1854 in Pittsburgh, when many doctors & residents fled the city
Finally, this one pretty much says it all about barriers.
Blind Tom Wiggins - the first Black pianist to win national fame. He was also the first black artist known to have performed at the White House. Then about ten years old, he played the piano for President James Buchanan. Born a slave near Columbus, Georgia, Bethune’s talent as a composer and a pianist was soon recognized by Colonel Bethune, who had purchased him in 1850.
Before Rosa Parks there was Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. She began her career as a writer by publishing her 1st book of Poetry at age 21 (Forest Leaves 1846). She refused to give up her Trolley Car Seat or ride in the "Colored" Section of the segregated Trolley Car in Philadelphia (1858).......100 Years before Rosa Parks (Pinner's description)
Mary Edmonia Lewis (ca. July 4, 1845 – ca. 1911) was the first African American and Native American woman to gain fame and recognition as a sculptor in the international fine arts world. She was of African American, Haitian and Ojibwe descent.
Muriel Smith - broadway performer & opera singer - 1st african-american to study at curtis institute of music in philadelphia (graduated in the same class as leonard bernstein & issac stern)
Marie Maynard Daly, born in Queens, New York to Helen and Ivan Daly, was the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry.
Mary Jane Patterson (1840- 1894), A.B. Oberlin 1862. Patterson was the first African-American woman to receive an A.B. degree in the United States. She was a pioneer in black education and paved the way for other female African-American educators.
Charlotte E. Ray, born in 1850, was the first black woman in America to become an attorney.
Dr. Edith Irby Jones was the first African-American student to attend the University of Arkansas School of Medicine - nine years before the Little Rock Nine - and she was also the first woman president of the National Medical Association.
OK. I cannot stand it. Here are some men! This first is an unbelievably wonderful picture of a fine American:
1936 olympic champion Jesse Owens working at a gas station in 1935 Cleveland.
Martin Robison Delany was an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, and writer, arguably the first proponent of American black nationalism. He was one of the first three blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School. He became the first African-American field officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War. Trained as an assistant and a physician, he treated patients during the cholera epidemics of 1833 & 1854 in Pittsburgh, when many doctors & residents fled the city
Finally, this one pretty much says it all about barriers.
Blind Tom Wiggins - the first Black pianist to win national fame. He was also the first black artist known to have performed at the White House. Then about ten years old, he played the piano for President James Buchanan. Born a slave near Columbus, Georgia, Bethune’s talent as a composer and a pianist was soon recognized by Colonel Bethune, who had purchased him in 1850.