To Inspire You

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed

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Today In History

• In 1831 - Nat Turner, a brilliant minister, led the first slave revolt of magnitude in Southampton County, Virginia
  
• In 1943 - Harriet M. West was the first Black woman major in the Women's Army Corps (WAC).