Black entrepreneur and abolitionist Mary Ellen Pleasant was born - TopicsExpress



          

Black entrepreneur and abolitionist Mary Ellen Pleasant was born on this day in 1812. She helped to spread the Underground Railroad to California during the Gold Rush and is known as the Mother of Civil Rights in California. She worked to desegregate public transit nearly a century before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, winning lawsuits against street car companies in San Francisco for not allowing black passengers.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:12:36 +0000

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