80 year-old Lu Morden's a retired journalist activist and historian he spent 30 years covering african-american issues and the civil rights movement Booker T Washington Frederick Douglas Harriet Tubman all names of prominent African Americans who no doubt made their mark on history and names you've likely read about in history books but what about folks like Bridget Betty Mason and she left an indelible impression of people in Los Angeles an african-american woman who in 1818 was born into slave
ry she later won her freedom and amassed millions through real estate though she left her mark on the city of Los Angeles through philanthropy donating to charities feeding the poor and building a school for african-american children as we celebrate Black History Month Morden says it's people like Biddy Mason who should line our history books that someone like this woman is now going to be an example for young children of all colors to show that you can make it and people of all backgrounds who
make up the nation's diverse past may hurt initially but when you understand that it's being applied in order for you to understand something better the truth neverhood while Americans share a heroic tale in our fight for independence and democracy we also share a wretched past of slavery civil war and inequality those who do not remember the past are condemned to relive it though he says it's in our history where we move forward as a people Giacomo Luka ABC 10 News
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