The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or sect, a party or a class — it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity. — Anna Julia (image via the University of North Carolina) In 1858, Anna Julia was born a slave in North Carolina. In 1868, she was a freed woman, studying multiple languages at a secondary school in Raleigh. In 1898, she was traveling the country lecturing on race, gender and class oppression. Her first book,
A Woman to Know: Anna Julia Cooper
A Woman to Know: Anna Julia Cooper
A Woman to Know: Anna Julia Cooper
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or sect, a party or a class — it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity. — Anna Julia (image via the University of North Carolina) In 1858, Anna Julia was born a slave in North Carolina. In 1868, she was a freed woman, studying multiple languages at a secondary school in Raleigh. In 1898, she was traveling the country lecturing on race, gender and class oppression. Her first book,