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THEY CARRIED US
The Social Impact of Philadelphia's Black Women Leaders
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Who Was Caroline LeCount? The City of Philadelphia is About to Find Out.
Meet Tyrique Glasgow, the uncle of Ahmaj. Both came to the Philadelphia City Council's Streets and Services Committee meeting. They...
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Oct 29, 20243 min read
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W.E.B. DuBois--Meet Keziah Ridgeway: An Advocate of the "Freedom to Learn"
Remarks to Philadelphia Board of Education - October 24, 2024 Good afternoon. My name is Fasaha Traylor, and I am here to raise thorny...
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Oct 26, 20244 min read
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A Headstone for Caroline LeCount
Remarks given by Fasaha M. Traylor at Caroline LeCount Tombstone Dedication October 21, 2023 I can’t tell you how grateful I am to be...
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Oct 21, 20232 min read
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Barbara Bullock's "Ubiquitous Presence": Embodying the Women of "They Carried Us"
“While Bullock renders her figures in black after the 1990s, she often incorporates other colors within their visage to signal that they...
Baker-Rogers and Traylor
Dec 1, 20202 min read
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Black Women and Politics: Setting the Record Straight
When Philadelphian Gertrude E.H. Bustill (chapter 5, They Carried Us) published The Work of the Afro-American Woman in 1894, [1] she did...
Baker-Rogers and Traylor
Sep 21, 20204 min read
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The Work of the Afro-American Woman
When Philadelphian Gertrude E.H. Bustill (chapter 5, They Carried Us) published The Work of the Afro-American Woman in 1894, [1] she did...
Baker-Rogers and Traylor
Aug 29, 20204 min read
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No More Being Left on Our Own: Help is Here
Pediatric surgeon Ala Stanford waited and waited for someone to enlist her in the fight to combat the worst pandemic in more than 100...
Baker-Rogers and Traylor
Jul 13, 20204 min read
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How far have we not come?: Racism and the lived experiences of black women athletes.
Recently, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and U.S. Olympic Hall of Famers Dawn Staley and Lisa Leslie separately published...
Baker-Rogers and Traylor
Jun 11, 20204 min read
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Carrying
“Carrying” has many connotations. It was not until we began the research that led to this book that we grasped the significance of the...
Baker-Rogers and Traylor
May 11, 20202 min read
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How we arrived here
Welcome to our blog. Almost six years have passed since we first began our work on They Carried Us. During that time, we conducted...
Baker-Rogers and Traylor
May 11, 20201 min read
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