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Day 16: Eula Mae Gandy Johnson (1906–2001) was an American activist in the civil rights movement. She is known for her w...
02/16/2022

Day 16: Eula Mae Gandy Johnson (1906–2001) was an American activist in the civil rights movement. She is known for her work to end Jim Crow segregation in public beaches, schools, restaurants in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She was considered by many to be the "Rosa Parks of Fort Lauderdale." In 1959, she became the first woman president of the Fort Lauderdale NAACP. In her capacity as president, she filed several lawsuits against public schools to seek equality for black students, as well as fought against separation in public spaces like drive-in theaters. Part of her activism work resulted in the end of segregation at Broward County beaches. Johnson, along with Dr. Von D. Mizell and several NAACP members, organized “wade-ins” at the white only beaches in 1961. The city of Fort Lauderdale sued Johnson for being a public nuisance. After a judge refused the city's request to put a halt to the wade-ins, Broward County beaches became desegregated in 1962.

Day 15: Gordon Weekes, for over twenty years, Gordon Weekes has dedicated his life to public service and the pursuit of ...
02/15/2022

Day 15: Gordon Weekes, for over twenty years, Gordon Weekes has dedicated his life to public service and the pursuit of justice. In 1997, he began his career as an Assistant Public Defender at the Broward County Public Defender’s Office where he proudly represents the poor, the mentally ill and children of our community. For a brief period, Mr. Weekes entered private practice and was the managing partner in the Law Offices of Gelin & Weekes. After practicing in the area of civil litigation and employment law, he then returned to his passion – public service at the Public Defender’s Office. On January 2, 2021, Mr. Weekes was sworn in as Broward County’s Public Defender. He is humbled and honored to be the first man of color elected as Public Defender in the State of Florida. As the head of The Law Office of the Public Defender in Florida’s Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, he will carry forward his life’s work and passion to improve the criminal justice system for all of Broward County.

Day 14: Mary Eliza Mahoney, graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston, MA in 1879, Mary w...
02/14/2022

Day 14: Mary Eliza Mahoney, graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston, MA in 1879, Mary was the first colored graduate nurse in the United States. For more than 40 years, Mary devoted her life to professional nursing, delivering services to patients in the home, clinics and hospitals, and promoting organizational development for nurses. Her life and legacy are celebrated by members of this and other professional nursing organizations and by numerous awards named in her honor.

Day 13: Josiah Henson, (born June 15, 1789, Charles county, Maryland, U.S.—died May 5, 1883, Dresden, Ontario, Canada), ...
02/13/2022

Day 13: Josiah Henson, (born June 15, 1789, Charles county, Maryland, U.S.—died May 5, 1883, Dresden, Ontario, Canada), American labourer and clergyman who escaped slavery in 1830 and found refuge in Canada, where he became the driving force behind the Dawn Settlement, a model community for former slaves. He was also involved in the Underground Railroad, and he served as a model for the title character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1851–52).

Another day of service.
02/12/2022

Another day of service.

Day 12: Shirley Chisholm (1924 - 2005)Congress is more diverse now than it's ever been. However, when Chisholm was attem...
02/12/2022

Day 12: Shirley Chisholm (1924 - 2005)
Congress is more diverse now than it's ever been. However, when Chisholm was attempting to shatter the glass ceiling, the same couldn't be said. During the racially contentious period in the late '60s, she became the first Black woman elected to Congress. She represented New York's 12th District from 1969 to 1983, and in 1972, she became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Her campaign slogan: "Unbought and Unbossed" rings even louder today. Senator Kamala Harris recently paid tribute to Chisholm in her presidential campaign announcement by using a similar logo to Chisholm's.

Day 11: Doris Miller, (born October 12, 1919, Waco, Texas, U.S.—died November 24, 1943, off Butaritari Atoll, Gilbert Is...
02/11/2022

Day 11: Doris Miller, (born October 12, 1919, Waco, Texas, U.S.—died November 24, 1943, off Butaritari Atoll, Gilbert Islands), U.S. naval serviceman noted for his bravery during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (1941). He was the first African American recipient of the Navy Cross for valour. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Miller was doing laundry below decks on the USS West Virginia. When the alarm called the ship’s crew to battle stations, Miller headed a gun magazine amidships. A torpedo had damaged the magazine, so the physically strong Miller began carrying the wounded to safety. Among those he attended to was the ship’s commander, Capt. Mervyn Bennion, who was mortally wounded. Miller then manned a .50-calibre antiaircraft gun, for which he had no training, and continued firing on the enemy until he ran out of ammunition and received the order to abandon ship.
Miller’s actions during the attack earned him a commendation from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and the Navy Cross, which was presented to him personally by Chester Nimitz, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, on May 27, 1942. Miller died in 1943 when a torpedo sank his ship, the es**rt carrier Liscome Bay, off Butaritari Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. On June 30, 1973, the navy commissioned a frigate, the USS Miller, in his honour.

Day 10: Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) was an African-American author who dedicated her life to social change, becoming an a...
02/10/2022

Day 10: Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) was an African-American author who dedicated her life to social change, becoming an abolitionist speaker and a reformer after escaping slavery. To do that, Jacobs hid in her grandmother’s attic for seven years and then fled on a boat to Philadelphia in 1842. In 1861 and under the pseudonym of Linda Brent, Jacobs published her lone work, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, which was one of the first narrative autobiographies about the sexual harassment and abuse of female slaves and their struggle for freedom. Jacobs had to change the names of everyone in the book to protect herself and those that she loved.

Day 9: Roy Wilkins, (born Aug. 30, 1901, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.—died Sept. 8, 1981, New York, N.Y.), black American civil-...
02/09/2022

Day 9: Roy Wilkins, (born Aug. 30, 1901, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.—died Sept. 8, 1981, New York, N.Y.), black American civil-rights leader who served as the executive director (1955–77) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He was often referred to as the senior statesman of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. Appointed to the NAACP’s highest administrative post during the early stage of the Civil Rights Movement, Wilkins directed the organization on a course that sought equal rights for blacks through legal redress. In August 1963 he helped organize and later addressed the historic civil rights March on Washington. Devoted to the principle of nonviolence, he rejected racism in all its forms, including black separatism. Nevertheless, the pressure of black activist groups prompted the NAACP, under his leadership, to diversify its activities to include nonviolent direct action and to extend legal aid to other, frequently more militant, groups.

Day 8: Dr. James F. Sistrunk was the first black medical doctor to practice in Ft. Lauderdale and the only one for almos...
02/08/2022

Day 8: Dr. James F. Sistrunk was the first black medical doctor to practice in Ft. Lauderdale and the only one for almost 16 years. With his partner, Dr. Von Mizell, Dr. Sistrunk solicited financing for Provident Hospital, which opened in 1938 to serve the city's black population. Dr. Sistrunk served as Chief of Staff and Assistant Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology, delivering nearly 5,000 babies during his 40-year career. In recognition of his distinguished civic and medical service, this street was dedicated to him in 1971.

Day 7: Ella Baker was an essential activist during the civil rights movement. She was a field secretary and branch direc...
02/07/2022

Day 7: Ella Baker was an essential activist during the civil rights movement. She was a field secretary and branch director for the NAACP and also co-founded an organization that raised money to fight Jim Crow Laws. Additionally, Baker was a key organizer for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). But what was perhaps her biggest contribution to the movement was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which prioritized nonviolent protest, assisted in organizing the 1961 Freedom Rides, and aided in registering Black voters. The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights exists today to carry on her legacy.

Day 6: Jane Edna Hunter rose from poverty in the South to have a nationally recognized career in social work in Clevelan...
02/06/2022

Day 6: Jane Edna Hunter rose from poverty in the South to have a nationally recognized career in social work in Cleveland. In the early 1900s, she founded the Phillis Wheatley Association (PWA) to provide young Black women with safe housing, job training, and recreation. The PWA opened Camp Mueller in Cuyahoga Valley in the 1930s. Hunter faced opposition from the start. In proposing the PWA, she needed to prove herself to two major groups: middle-class Black and upper-class white civic leaders in Cleveland. Established Black “club women” advocated for integration. They felt that poor southern migrants such as Hunter were bringing segregationist attitudes to northern cities. The PWA was called a “Jim Crow YWCA.” Hunter won over these critics by showing that the YWCA trustees would not allow more than a few Black women to join their activities. Hunter said, “Now it became my duty to harmonize these interests and unite these two dreams—the purposes and desires of my people and the policies of the white friends whose material support we sought.” Inspired by Booker T. Washington, Hunter felt she was building self-sufficiency and community for the women she served. Being able to effectively communicate with both audiences helped Hunter achieve her goals. Black critics called Hunter an accommodationists like her hero.

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