The 0 erar hin rot of
bloc omen in the
p riods of nsla ement
and r onstruction has
recei «I onl; lillie of the
attention hich it so richly
merits. Black omen ha e
pia. ed a major historical
role in the lifi of Bloc
merica and of our nation
as a hole. In this ri •
sho the SIren th,
determination, creativit
and coura e of the "or­
dinary" black
oman-our un ung
heroi , from henc«,
man �/; , has sprung
f'flr backbo .
e folio in is but a
small pan of the life of
Fannie Jac on Coppin
(/837-1913). Her aunt,
paying 1/15 for her
f�om as a chi/d. nt
her to be raised by another
aunt ho told her she
could 0 to school but on­
I after all her chores re
accomplished. Fannie
Coppin used e ry bit of
extra time to be tutored
and attend the Slate nor­
mal chool, and eventual/
em on to Oberlin Coi­
le e on cholarship and
raduated in 1865.
aunt in ashington
till helped me and I as
able to pay m ay to
o rlin. the course of
tudy there being the same
as that at Harvard.
o rlin then the only
College in the United
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