“She can not be put into a box.” 

—Abena Ansah-Wright

In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright talk about Nannie Helen Burroughs. Burroughs was a speaker, civil rights activist, and educator. She was an advocate for including women in more prominent roles in the church, and founded her own trade and liberal arts school for girls and women.

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