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Anna J. Cooper

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Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (August 10, 1858 – February 27, 1964) was an American author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black Liberation activist, and one of the most prominent African-American scholars in United States history. [1]

70 relations: Addison N. Scurlock, African-American women's suffrage movement, Africana philosophy, Anacostia Community Museum, Ann Cooper, Anna Evans Murray, Anna H. Jones, Anna J. Cooper Circle, Aunt Jemima, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Black existentialism, Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church), City Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina), Civil rights movement (1865–1896), Cooper (surname), Daughters of Africa, Debates over Americanization, Double consciousness, Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.), Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, Ella D. Barrier, Fannie Barrier Williams, Fanny Jackson Coppin, February 1964, February 28, Feminist sociology, First National Conference of the Colored Women of America, First Pan-African Conference, Florida Ruffin Ridley, Georgiana Simpson, Gertrude P. McBrown, Hallie Quinn Brown, Hazel Carby, Intersectionality, Josephine Silone Yates, Joy Reid, Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne, LeDroit Park, List of African American activists, List of African-American writers, List of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters, List of American feminist literature, List of biographical dictionaries of women writers in English, List of centenarians (educators, school administrators, social scientists and linguists), List of female rhetoricians, List of feminist literature, List of feminist rhetoricians, List of feminists, List of Oberlin College and Conservatory people, List of people from Raleigh, North Carolina, ..., List of people on the postage stamps of the United States, List of slaves, List of social theorists, List of sociologists, Louise Daniel Hutchinson, M Street High School, Mary Mossell Griffin, Nannie Helen Burroughs, North Carolina literature, Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities, Sarah Jane Woodson Early, Simon Green Atkins, St. Augustine's University (Raleigh, North Carolina), Triple oppression, Victoria Woodhull, Violence and intersectionality, Winston-Salem State University, Women on US stamps, World's Congress of Representative Women, Your Queen Is a Reptile. Expand index (20 more) »

Addison N. Scurlock

Addison N. Scurlock (June 19, 1883 – December 16, 1964) was an American photographer, founder of The Scurlock Studio, and businessman who became prominent in the early and mid-20th century for photographing Black Washington.

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African-American women's suffrage movement

As the women's suffrage movement gained popularity through the nineteenth century, African-American women were increasingly marginalized.

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Africana philosophy

Africana philosophy is the work of philosophers of African descent and others whose work deals with the subject matter of the African diaspora.

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Anacostia Community Museum

The Anacostia Community Museum (known colloquially as the ACM) is a community museum in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. in the United States.

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Ann Cooper

Ann Cooper or Anne Cooper may refer to.

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Anna Evans Murray

Anna Evans Murray (1857–1955) was an American civic leader, educator, and early advocate of free kindergarten and the training of kindergarten teachers.

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Anna H. Jones

Anna H. Jones (1855 – 1932) was a Canadian-born American clubwoman, suffragist, and educator based in later life in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Anna J. Cooper Circle

Anna J. Cooper Circle is a traffic circle and park at the intersection of 3rd and T Streets, Northwest, in the historic LeDroit Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. In 1983, the circle was named in honor of Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (1858–1964), an author, educator, feminist, and influential African American scholar who once lived in LeDroit Park.

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Aunt Jemima

Aunt Jemima is a brand of pancake mix, syrup, and other breakfast foods owned by the Quaker Oats Company of Chicago, a subsidiary of PepsiCo.

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Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Beverly Guy-Sheftall (born June 1, 1946, in Memphis, Tennessee) is a Black feminist scholar, writer and editor, who is the Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies and English at Spelman College, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Black existentialism

Black existentialism or Africana critical theory is a school of thought that "critiques domination and affirms the empowerment of Black people in the world".

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Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)

The veneration of saints in the Episcopal Church is a continuation of an ancient tradition from the early Church which honors important and influential people of the Christian faith.

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City Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina)

The City Cemetery of Raleigh, also known as Old City Cemetery, was authorized in 1798 by the North Carolina General Assembly as Raleigh's first burying ground.

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Civil rights movement (1865–1896)

The African-American civil rights movement (1865–1896) was aimed at eliminating racial discrimination against African Americans, improving educational and employment opportunities, and establishing electoral power, just after the abolition of Slavery in the United States.

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Cooper (surname)

Cooper is an English surname originating in England; see Cooper (profession).

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Daughters of Africa

Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present is a compilation of orature and literature by more than 200 women from Africa and the African diaspora, edited and introduced by Margaret Busby,Tonya Bolden,, Black Enterprise, March 1993, p. 12.

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Debates over Americanization

Debates over Americanization According to The Norton Anthology of American Literature, the term Americanization was coined in the early 1900s and “referred to a concerted movement to turn immigrants into Americans, including classes, programs, and ceremonies focused on American speech, ideals, traditions, and customs, but it was also a broader term used in debates about national identity and a person’s general fitness for citizenship”.

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Double consciousness

Double consciousness is a term describing the internal conflict experienced by subordinated groups in an oppressive society.

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Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is a public secondary school located in Washington, D.C., United States. The school is located in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of Northwest Washington, two blocks from the intersection of New Jersey and New York avenues. Dunbar, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the District of Columbia Public Schools. From the early 20th century to the 1950s, Dunbar became known as the classical academic high school for black students in the segregated public schools. As all public school teachers were federal civil servants, its teachers received pay equal to that of white teachers in other schools in the district. It attracted high-quality faculty, many with advanced degrees, including doctorates. Parents sent their children to the high school from across the city because of its high standards. Many of its alumni graduated from top-quality colleges and universities, and gained professional degrees.

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Elizabeth Evelyn Wright

Elizabeth Evelyn Wright (August 18, 1872 – December 14, 1906) founded Denmark Industrial Institute in Denmark, South Carolina, as a school for African-American youth.

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Ella D. Barrier

Ella D. Barrier (1852 — February 9, 1945) was an American educator and clubwoman.

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Fannie Barrier Williams

Frances "Fannie" Barrier Williams (February 12, 1855 – March 4, 1944) was an African-American educator and political and women's rights activist.

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Fanny Jackson Coppin

Fanny Jackson Coppin (January 8, 1837 – January 21, 1913) was an African-American educator and missionary and a lifelong advocate for female higher education.

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February 1964

The following events occurred in February 1964.

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February 28

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Feminist sociology

Feminist sociology is a conflict theory and theoretical perspective which observes gender in its relation to power, both at the level of face-to-face interaction and reflexivity within a social structure at large.

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First National Conference of the Colored Women of America

The First National Conference of the Colored Women of America was a three-day conference in Boston organized by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, a civil rights leader and suffragist.

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First Pan-African Conference

The First Pan-African Conference was held in London from 23 to 25 July 1900 (just prior to the Paris Exhibition of 1900 "in order to allow tourists of African descent to attend both events").

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Florida Ruffin Ridley

Florida Ruffin Ridley (January 29, 1861 – February 25, 1943) was an African-American civil rights activist, suffragist, teacher, writer, and editor from Boston, Massachusetts.

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Georgiana Simpson

Georgiana Rose Simpson (1865–1944) was a philologist and the first African-American woman to receive a PhD in the United States.

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Gertrude P. McBrown

Gertrude P. McBrown (1898-1989) was an American poet, playwright, educator, actress, and stage director.

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Hallie Quinn Brown

Hallie Quinn Brown (March 10, 1849 – September 16, 1949) was an African-American educator, writer and activist.

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Hazel Carby

Hazel Vivian Carby, born 15 January 1948 in Okehampton, Devon, is a British-born professor of African American Studies and of American Studies at Yale University.

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Intersectionality

Intersectionality is an analytic framework which attempts to identify how interlocking systems of power impact those who are most marginalized in society.

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Josephine Silone Yates

Josephine Silone Yates (1852 or November 15, 1859 – September 3, 1912), trained in chemistry, was one of the first black teachers hired at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, and, upon her promotion, the first black woman to head a college science department.

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Joy Reid

Joy-Ann M. Lomena-Reid (born December 8, 1968), known professionally as Joy Reid, is an American cable television host and a national correspondent at MSNBC.

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Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne

Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne or Voyage de Charlemagne à Jérusalem et à Constantinople (Pilgrimage of Charlemagne or Charlemagne's Voyage to Jerusalem and Constantinople) is an Old French chanson de geste (epic poem) dealing with a fictional expedition by Charlemagne and his knights.

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LeDroit Park

LeDroit Park is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. located immediately southeast of Howard University.

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List of African American activists

A Theresa El-Amin Ralph Abernathy Naomi Anderson B James Baldwin Lillie Mae Bradford Aurelia Browder Nannie Helen Burroughs C Archibald J. Carey, Jr Claudette Colvin Anna Julia Cooper Patrisse Cullors D Angela Davis William L. Dawson Charles Diggs Frederick Douglass E Ruth Ellis (activist) Keith Ellison Elizabeth Piper Ensley Charles Evers Medgar Evers Myrlie Evers-Williams F G Alicia Garza Ernest Green H Fannie Lou Hamer Fred Hampton Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Aaron Henry Theodore Roosevelt Mason "T. R. M." Howard Langston Hughes I J Jesse Jackson K Sarah Louise Keys Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Sr. L Audre Lorde M Irene Morgan Amzie Moore N Bree Newsome Huey P. Newton O Sarah Massey Overton P Rosa Parks Lucy Parsons Jewel Prestage Q R George Raymond Jr. Bayard Rustin S Bobby Seale Mary Ann Shadd Cary Al Sharpton Nina Simone Mary Louise Smith Marion Stamps T Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman U V W Madam C. J. Walker Ida B. Wells Cornel West Roy Wilkins X Malcolm X Y Andrew Young Z Category:Activists for African-American civil rights Category:Lists of people.

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List of African-American writers

This is a list of African-American authors and writers, all of whom are considered part of African-American literature, and who already have Wikipedia articles.

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List of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters

This list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorors (commonly referred to as AKAs) includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter sorority established for Black college women.

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List of American feminist literature

Feminist literature is fiction or nonfiction which supports the feminist goals of defining, establishing and defending equal civil, political, economic and social rights for women.

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List of biographical dictionaries of women writers in English

There are a large and ever growing number of biographical dictionaries of women writers.

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List of centenarians (educators, school administrators, social scientists and linguists)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as educators, school administrators, social scientists, and linguists – known for reasons other than their longevity.

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List of female rhetoricians

Within the field of rhetoric, the contributions of female rhetoricians have often been overlooked.

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List of feminist literature

Feminist literature is fiction or nonfiction which supports the feminist goals of defining, establishing and defending equal civil, political, economic and social rights for women.

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List of feminist rhetoricians

This is a list of the major works of feminist women who have made considerable contributions to and shaped the rhetorical discourse about women.

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List of feminists

This is a list of important participants in the development of feminism, originally sorted by surname within each period.

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List of Oberlin College and Conservatory people

This list of Oberlin College and Conservatory People contains links to Wikipedia articles about notable alumni of and other people connected to Oberlin College, including the Conservatory of Music.

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List of people from Raleigh, North Carolina

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List of people on the postage stamps of the United States

This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a very short description of their notability.

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List of slaves

Slavery is a social-economic system under which persons are enslaved: deprived of personal freedom and forced to perform labor or services without compensation.

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List of social theorists

A list of social theorists includes classical as well as modern thinkers in social theory that were notable for the impact of their published works on the general discipline of sociology.

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List of sociologists

This is a list of sociologists.

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Louise Daniel Hutchinson

Louise Daniel Hutchinson (June 3, 1928 – October 12, 2014) was an American historian.

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M Street High School

M Street High School, also known as Perry School, is a historic structure located in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. It has been listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites since 1978 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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Mary Mossell Griffin

Mary Mossell Griffin (c.1885 — after January 1963) was an American writer, clubwoman, and suffragist based in Philadelphia.

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Nannie Helen Burroughs

Nannie Helen Burroughs, (May 2, 1879 – May 20, 1961) was an African-American educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist and businesswoman in the United States.

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North Carolina literature

The literature of North Carolina, USA, includes fiction, poetry, and varieties of nonfiction.

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Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities

Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities was an anthology of biographies of African American women edited by Monroe Alpheus Majors published in 1893 in Chicago.

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Sarah Jane Woodson Early

Sarah Jane Woodson Early, born Sarah Jane Woodson (November 15, 1825 – August 1907), was an American educator, black nationalist, temperance activist and author.

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Simon Green Atkins

Simon Green Atkins (1863-1934) was a North Carolina educator who was the founder and first president of Winston-Salem State University (previously the Slater Industrial Academy) and founded the North Carolina Negro Teachers' Association in 1881.

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St. Augustine's University (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Saint Augustine's University is a historically black college in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

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Triple oppression

Triple oppression is a theory developed by black socialists in the United States, such as Claudia Jones.

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Victoria Woodhull

Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927), was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement.

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Violence and intersectionality

Intersectionality is the interconnection of race, class, and gender among an individual or group.

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Winston-Salem State University

Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, is a historically black public research university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States.

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Women on US stamps

The history of women on US stamps begins in 1893, when Queen Isabella became the first woman on a US stamp.

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World's Congress of Representative Women

The World's Congress of Representative Women was a week-long convention for the voicing of women's concerns, held within the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair) in May 1893.

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Your Queen Is a Reptile

Your Queen Is a Reptile is the third album by British Jazz group Sons of Kemet.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_J._Cooper

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