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Carved In EbonyNannie Helen Burroughs“She can not be put into a box.” —Abena Ansah-WrightIn 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.Links:Follow Jasmine Holmes Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasmineLHolmes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.baucham Instagram: https://www...2022-01-1224 minCarved In EbonyLucy Craft Laney“Lucy Craft Laney is in the south, where racial violence is intensifying, the lines are hardening…and she is out here trying to create spaces for education for black children. That’s huge.” —Abena Ansah-WrightIn this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright discuss Lucy Craft Laney, an educator born in Georgia in 1854. She was educated at an American Missionary Association school, and went on to start her own school for black children in her home state of Georgia, where she served as principal. 2022-01-0513 minCarved In EbonyMaria Fearing“This woman was born with nothing, worked to have her own property, and then gave away everything.” —Jasmine HolmesIn this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright tell the story of Maria Fearing, a woman born into slavery in Alabama. After Fearing was freed, she learned to read and write, became a teacher, and bought her own home. In her fifties, Maria sold her house as a means to finance her missionary journey to the Congo, where she stayed for as long as she was able. She served as a Bib...2021-12-2919 minCarved In EbonySarah G. Stanley“She never took the path of least resistance.” —Jasmine HolmesIn this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright highlight the life of Sarah G. Stanley, an author, abolitionist, and teacher who was born into a wealthy family in 1837. After attending Oberlin College, Stanley became a teacher. Later she joined the American Missionary Association and educated newly emancipated students in the south.Links:Follow Jasmine Holmes Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasmineLHolmes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.baucham Instagra...2021-12-2216 minCarved In EbonyAmanda Berry Smith“This is a woman who loved God, spent her entire life devoted in service to him, and can teach us so much.” —Jasmine HolmesIn this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright discuss Amanda Berry Smith, a preacher, missionary, writer, and minister born to enslaved parents in Maryland in 1837. After her father purchased freedom for himself and his family, Smith became deeply involved in the Methodist church, and eventually served as a missionary in India, Africa, and Great Britain, among other places. Later in life, she opened an orphanag...2021-12-1422 minCarved In EbonyCharlotte Forten Grimké“In her diary, Charlotte was fierce.’” —Jasmine HolmesIn this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright discuss Charlotte Forten Grimké, an educator, poet, essayist, and anti-slavery activist. Born into an active abolitionist family in Philadelphia, Grimké became a teacher, and was later asked to teach newly emancipated people on the Sea Islands in North Carolina. While teaching there, Grimké collected folklore and wrote about the customs on the island, and published essays about her time on the island.Follow Jasmine Holmes Twitter: https...2021-12-0824 minCarved In EbonyFrances Ellen Watkins Harper“The word that comes to mind when I think of her is ‘poise.’” —Jasmine HolmesIn this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright talk about how Frances Ellen Watkins Harper defied societal expectations in order to make an impact on her world. Harper was a teacher, a speaker, a poet, an abolitionist, and equal rights advocate. She became the first woman to teach at Union Seminary, as well as the first African American woman to publish a short story.Follow Jasmine Holmes Twitter: https://twitter.c...2021-12-0213 minCarved In EbonySarah Mapps Douglass“Sarah Mapps Douglass is captivating to me because she is so emblematic of black abolitionism and how beautiful and rich a tradition it was.” —Abena Ansah-WrightIn the latest episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright talk about Sarah Mapps Douglass. Born in 1806 in Philadelphia, Douglass went on to have a long career as an abolitionist, lecturer, educator, and writer. Douglass was a true renaissance woman, and during her life time, she spoke out against the segregation within her own Quaker church tradition, attended medical school, started a literary society...2021-11-2413 minCarved In EbonyMaria Stewart“She had such a short career, and yet did so much.” —Abena Ansah-WrightIn this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright talk about Maria Stewart, an activist and abolitionist who was active in the 1830s. Stewart was born free in Hartford, Connecticut, spent several years as an indentured servant after her parents’ deaths, and ultimately became a writer, speaker, and teacher, using her influence to speak out against slavery and speak up for women’s rights. Stewart is also known for being the first woman in America to give a speech in front of...2021-11-1719 minCarved In EbonyElizabeth Freeman“There was no recourse for her until she made the recourse herself.” —Jasmine HolmesIn this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Boakyewa-Ansah highlight the life of Elizabeth Freeman, an enslaved woman living in Massachusetts during the time of the Revolutionary War. Freeman became the first woman in Massachusetts to successfully sue for her own freedom. Her self-advocacy helped pave the way for Massachusetts to become a free state.Follow Jasmine Holmes Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasmineLHolmes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.baucham Instagram...2021-11-1016 minCarved In EbonyWelcome To Carved In EbonyWelcome to the Carved in Ebony Podcast. In this episode, our hosts Jasmine and Abena introduce themselves and give their thoughts regarding the reason for the podcast.2021-11-0218 min
Sweet Tea with Jasmine and PortiaMarriage, History, and the Gospel with Abena Ansah-Wright
Jasmine: "We're talking about God's preservation of a persecuted church here in America, and his preservation of a persecuted people here in America, for His glory."Abena: "And one thing I'd love to point out is the absolute miracle that that is. Besides the suffering and all of that, we are talking about a people who were given a false gospel. Literally, pieces cut out of the Bible; only certain cherry-picked lines of Scripture. Frankly, today, people are led astray with much less effort. But like, I'm talking about people who had been given a false gospel...2021-05-2848 min