Burroughs was born May 2, 1879, in Orange County, Virginia, the daughter of John and Virginia “Jennie” Burroughs. In 1883, her mother left her husband, taking Burroughs and her sister, and moved to Washington, D.C. Burroughs attended the M Street… more »

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) The list of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s accomplishments is lengthy. She was a suffragist, an abolitionist, a poet, a teacher, a prohibitionist, a public speaker, and a writer. Mary Ellen Watkins was born free… more »

Library of Congress: In this, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, you might put your time spent sequestered at home to good use and at the same time pay homage to the lives of American slaves by reading from the wealth of material available in the Library of Congress.… more »