C. Kalimah Redd Knight

Recovering former reporter turned media relations pro. Need an expert? @TuftsUniversity; tweets for @LWCSBoston #BlackFeminist #HBCUgrad #BlackBostonian

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@aeriELLE_allen @TuftsPsychology @TuftsUniversity Welcome to Tufts!🐘

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Wishing the happiest of birthdays to my partner in crime and the love of my life Chris - @DigitalCZAR99! This has been a heck of a year in so many different ways but this man remains a constant friend, support and leader in our family. Elias and I love him beyond words! 🎊 ❤️

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/EpDRHBVTej

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Sooo excited to partner with @Trailblaz_Hers for #theBraRun this Sunday at 9:30am! Join us at @NedDivines in Boston to uplift sisterhood and support @LWCSBoston. Pls RSVP and donate! 🏃🏾‍♀️❣️

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Wishing a happy b-day to my fav person, my amazing friend, partner & husband Chris! I draw so many ideas, inspiration & strength from him. He is kind, generous, patient, handsome, giving, smart, loving & he loves me. Blessed to go thru life’s ups & downs w/ @MozartsGhost99 🎂❤️

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Hard to put into words the gravity of this moment🙌🏾❤️ #confirmed https://t.co/sT1tTEpwZr

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Elma Lewis, an arts educator, was inspired by Marcus Garvey's teachings on racial pride & self-reliance. She opened a fine arts school in #Roxbury to support Black youth. She received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship & a Pres. Medal for the Arts. #WomensHistoryMonth @artsboston

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/SPm9dQY71l

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Jessie Gideon Garnett DDM: the 1st Black woman to graduate from @TuftsDental and the 1st Black woman dentist in #Boston. She built and maintained her own dental practice for 49 years. #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOwnedBusiness #Roxbury

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Wilhelmina Marguerita Crosson, an educator & administrator, created the 1st remedial reading program in @BostonSchools, 1935. The 8th pres. of @LWCSBoston, she founded the Aristo Club, a group of Black women educators who promoted Black history ed #Womenshistorymonth #LWCSArchive

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On behalf of the League of Women for Community Service, Happy International Women's Day! #InternationalWomensDay #LWCSArchive #BlackBoston #BlackWomen @GFWCHQ

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Yesterday @CambMA History Museum celebrated Black women leaders, including @LWCSBoston co-founder Maria L. Baldwin. https://t.co/prrJjk7rBU
#WomensHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive
@E_DeniseSimmons @CambridgeChambr

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@MeghanIrons 🤣

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Maud Cuney Hare: pianist, writer & folklorist. She was the 1st music scholar to bring public attention to Creole music. A member of @LWCSBoston, she championed Black art and culture, esp. for Black children, until her death in 1936. #Womenshistorymonth #LWCSArchives @ArtsinBoston

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Harriet Hayden liberated herself from slavery in KY w/ her husband & son. Her #Boston home was a main throughway for the Underground Railroad. A believer in education, she gave her entire estate to endow support for Black med students @harvardmed. #WomensHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive

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Alice A. Casneau was a successful entrepreneur, dressmaker & 3rd president of @LWCSBoston. Her 1895 'Casneau’s Guide for Artistic Dress Cutting and Making' made her a respected figure in the business world https://t.co/kbapX8aEP8 #BlackHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive @MHS1791 @BECMAinc

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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, an internationally renown sculptor, was the 1st Black woman artist to receive a federal commission in the US. She studied & excelled in Paris before returning home. She settled in @Framingham_MA to raise a family & work. @DanforthArt #Blackhistorymonth

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@GaryBailey #BlackHistoryMonth

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George Edmund Haynes moved as a child from Arkansas to #NYC during the Great Migration. A 1903 @Fisk166 alum, he went on to receive an MA from @Yale & was the 1st Black person to earn a PhD from @ColumbiaSSW
He co-founded the @NatUrbanLeague. #BlackHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive @nasw

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M. Gayle "Asali" Dickson: the only woman graphic artist for the Black Panther Party Newspaper from 1972-1974. She promoted free healthcare & other support services. Her art often critiqued capitalism & urban poverty by focusing on women & children. #Blackhistorymonth #LWCSArchive

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Boston lawyer Robert Morris challenged segregation in public schools. He also lobbied for a Black militia that protected residents in Beacon Hill from slave catchers in the 1850s. The militia evolved into 54th MA Regiment. #Blackhistorymonth @MHS1791
#LWCSArchives @theMcMullen