The Agitators – Dorothy Wickedness’ new history of three friends who fought for abolition and women’s rights.
“It’s so heart-breaking to think of all the women’s live that have been completely lost, and this of course is true for almost every African American, certainly, who are descendants of enslaved people. The histories are gone, mostly, unless they were handed down orally. I just feel it’s so important to recapture these chapters of history that formerly were of little or no interest to historians…. All of these activists were real radicals when it came to the idea of absolute social equality, it was just very early in the countries history,”
“It’s so heart-breaking to think of all the women’s live that have been completely lost, and this of course is true for almost every African American, certainly, who are descendants of enslaved people. The histories are gone, mostly, unless they were handed down orally. I just feel it’s so important to recapture these chapters of history that formerly were of little or no interest to historians…. All of these activists were real radicals when it came to the idea of absolute social equality, it was just very early in the countries history,”
What is the role of an active citizen? It is not simply to bemoan certain things that are happening in the country. It’s to get out there and object.
Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.
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