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Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Images via Universal Pictures; RGR Collection, Alamy Stock Photo; Jimlop Collection, Alamy Stock Photo; Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images; Matthew Peyton / Getty Images; Frank Micelotta / Getty Images The untold story of suffragist Matilda Gage, the woman behind the curtain whose life story captivated her son-in-law L. FrankContinue reading “The Feminist Who Inspired the Witches of Oz”

Forced to bear her en-slaver’s children, Mary Lumpkin later forged her own path to freedom Virginia Union University is one of the rare HBCUs in America that can tie its origins to a Black woman: Mary Lumpkin. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Getty Images, University of Virginia Special Collections The cobblestone streets of downtownContinue reading “The Enslaved Woman Who Liberated a Slave Jail and Transformed It Into an HBCU”