There have been many obstacles along the way, but ‘Black Fruit Juice’ is coming to you very soon!! We are more than elated to finally present to you this project @RachelFBetts, our director, has been putting her heart into.
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For this #WomanCrushWednesday we would like to highlight the story of Maria P. Williams. Williams is credited as the first Black woman film producer. 1/
Suffice to say she was a busy woman!
In 1923, she produced and distributed The Flames of Wrath, a silent crime drama in which she acted as well. Just like Tressie Souders and her film A Woman’s Error, The Flames of Wrath is said to be lost. 3/
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“Mary Eliza Mahoney, America’s first black graduate nurse, she was born on May 7, 1845.
Originally from North Carolina, her parents were among the southern free blacks who moved north prior to the Civil War seeking a less racially discriminatory 1/
who were among the most prominent Boston families. A deeply religious person, the diminutive five-foot tall, ninety-pound Mahoney devoted herself to private nursing due to the rampant discrimination against black women in public nursing at the time.
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“Mary Eliza Mahoney, America’s first black graduate nurse, she was born on May 7, 1845.
Originally from North Carolina, her parents were among the southern free blacks who moved north prior to the Civil War seeking a less racially discriminatory 1/
and the only African American awarded a diploma. Upon her graduation Mary Mahoney became the first African American graduate nurse.
Mary Mahoney worked as a nurse for the next four decades. During her 40-year career she attracted a number of private clients 6/
One thing is for sure, @RachelFBetts’ smile is contagious and makes any set an amazing work environment!
She is passionate and always dedicated to her craft. It’s a real blessing to get to collaborate with her.
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Souders was born in Frankfort, Kansas. She spent most of her life serving as a domestic worker. A Woman’s Error was labeled “a picture true to Negro life.”
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In 1922, Theresa Ann “Tressie” Souders released her film A Woman’s Error, that she wrote, directed & produced. The Black press named her the 1st African American woman director. Her film was distributed by the Afro-American Film Exhibitors’ Company based in Kansas City, Missouri.
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February's COMIC RELIEF: "Black History Month" exists because SOMEBODY has always thought that Black people haven't contributed anything significant to the world. 1/
HILARIOUSLY, it turns out that... "Black History" actually encompasses what EVERYBODY SEES pretty much EVERY DAY, all over the world.
Use any of the items listed in the picture? You're participating in "Black History"... ALL 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR!! 😂
~ Bruce B. Gordon 3/