“"Peaceful revolutions are slow but sure. It takes time to leaven a great unwieldy mass like this nation with the leavening ideas of justice and liberty, but the evolution is all the more certain in its results because it is so slow.’" Susette… more »

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 »

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 »

Today we celebrate Dr. Justina Ford. Not only was she a true pioneer and trailblazer who made history by overcoming the barriers of race and gender to become the first African American woman to practice medicine in Colorado. She was compassionate, fair,… more »

2020 will soon be coming to an end. It also means the end of the Centennial Celebration of the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Unfortunately that last sentence is questionable at best. Given the ugly headlines we… more »