By Kelvin Muhia An educator, a civil rights activist, a preservationist and an anti-lynching campaigner, Mary Burnett Talbert was one of the most influential African American women in the U.S. during his time. Born on September 18, 1866, in Oberlin Ohio, Talbert studied and graduated from Oberlin High School (at the age of 16) before enrolling at […]
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