Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Sunday, October 22, 2017
MRS. NANNIE HELEN BURROUGHS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nannie_Helen_Burroughs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Freedoms
I FIRST READ OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT'S "FOUR FREEDOMS:"-- 1.FREEDOM OF WORSHIP 2. FREEDOM OF SPEECH; 3.FREEDOM FROM WANT, 4. FREEDOM FROM FEAR--WHEN BLACK WOMAN'S LEADER, NANNIE HELEN BURROUGHS, APPLIED THEM TO BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA IN HER NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION IN AMERICA SPEECH, PROPHETICALLY. HER REMARKS WERE IN A POWERFUL BIOGRAPHY OF REV. C. L. FRANKLIN, WHO WITNESSED, MRS. BURROUGH'S PRESCIENT 1940'S ADDRESS.