Anna Julia Cooper, an educator, scholar, and advocate for the rights of Black women, died at the age of 105. Born into slavery in 1858, she went on to become one of the most prominent African American intellectuals of her time. Her groundbreaking book, A Voice from the South (1892), is considered one of the first articulations of Black feminist thought. Cooper’s life spanned from the Civil War through the Civil Rights Movement, and she left a lasting legacy in education and social justice.
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