African women during the antebellum period in the United States were subjected to gross mistreatment and exploitation. The post Two Women From Memphis Helped Lay the Groundwork for Women’s Emancipation appeared first on Global Research.
Born during the Civil War, Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) and Mary Eliza ChurchTerrell (1863-1954) helped lay the groundwork for a century of struggles against racist violence, legalized segregat… [+12504 chars]
