With all the talks of Oprah running for president we thought that we should remind you that she wouldn’t be the first. Meet Shirley Chisholm, the woman who survived assassination attempts and battled racism to become the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972. Sourced from YouTube Continue reading
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HABEN GIRMA: FIRST BLIND-DEAF TO GRADUATE HARVARD
In a world where most deaf and blind students are seen as limited, Haben Girma breaks that stereotype by being the first blind-deaf to graduate from Harvard Law. In her interview with EBC, Girma explains that only 6% of blind-deaf students have qualified teachers. Growing up, she taught herself what most teachers could not and … Continue reading