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SUMMARY:FREEDOM’S DAUGHTERS
LOCATION:Busboys and Poets\, 450 K St NW\, Washington\, DC 20001\, USA
DESCRIPTION:Celeste Headlee comes from a long line of strong women. But the
 re is one woman whose story loomed larger than the rest: that of her great
  grandmother\, Carrie. To a young Headlee\, Carrie Still Shepperson held a
 lmost mythical status. Born into the chaos of the Civil War\, Carrie gradu
 ated from college\, became a teacher\, and dedicated her life to providing
  access to education and literacy for Black people living in the South. Sh
 e received many honors and accolades in her lifetime\, and was a respected
  and well-known figure. And yet her story\, as is so often the case with B
 lack women’s legacies\, had been nearly erased. It took Headlee nearly a
  decade to piece together Carrie’s life. But in Freedom’s Daughters\, 
 Headlee has rendered not only her great-grandmother’s forgotten story\, 
 but those of her sisters—a generation of women who believed freedom was 
 inextricably linked with learning and free expression\, and who worked tir
 elessly to secure access to literacy and education for a generation of Bla
 ck children born into freedom. By turns shocking\, inspiring\, and deeply 
 moving\, Freedom’s Daughters is Headlee’s impeccably researched\, beau
 tifully rendered journey to better understand her family history\, herself
 \, and the blurry lines that separate past and…
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