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So, What if I am a Black Woman?

· Monday, January 23rd 2006 at 11:40PM · 4295 views
A little 7 year old girl captures the hearts of listeners as she eloquently recites; So, what if I am a Black Woman?


The Black woman appearing in the photograph is perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad's "conductors." During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. And, as she once proudly pointed out to Frederick Douglass, in all of her journeys she "never lost a single passenger."
So, What if I am a Black Woman?

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Jimmie Lee Gibson Jr. Tuesday, January 31st 2006 at 8:27PM

I like this Tressia. You wouldn't happen to know who the author of this poem is, would you? I tried to find out but came up empty.

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Monique Pearce Thursday, March 16th 2006 at 9:23AM

IF I am not mistaking the author of this poem is Dr. Maya Angelou

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