Anna Julia Cooper
1858 - 1964
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Biography
Anna Julia Cooper was an influential African American educator, author, and activist. Born into slavery in 1858, she dedicated her life to the pursuit of education and social justice. Cooper became the fourth African American woman to earn a doctoral degree and was an advocate for women's rights and racial equality. Through her writings and teachings, she challenged societal norms and made significant contributions to the fight against racial and gender discrimination.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class—it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.
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One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voice of God.
3
Only the BLACK WOMAN can say 'when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the whole Negro race enters with me.'
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In this great struggle, American Negro women stand in the vanguard. There is a margin of leisurely peace and deep unworldly joy in their lives. No matter how hard beset by poverty, in their hours of leisure, still they swing their lanterns of the sky, and chant their sweet songs of gladness.
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Religion and education are the two great civilizers, the paths out of darkness into light, the agents of dignity.