"Take the colored girl out of our schools, and all progress will cease."
The reoccurring idea of education is such a prominent motif in the African American community especially in regards to gender. Women have had to bear the burden of carrying our race on their shoulders and have done so with being educated and enlightened. They have told the white man of his fallacies, and they have told the black man, and white women of their fallacies, and they have been avid activist against issues such as rape, slavery, and lynching. Many have made strides with the progress of African American women as well as the African American race because of the power of education.
"She is a daughter of misfortune but she contributes her full share to the joys of the life about her. She is the very heart of the race problem. She is beginning to realize that the very character of our social fabric depends upon the quality of her womanliness."
She has been the backbone of the race and she has been deemed the trouble and the causation of all the trouble of the black race. However, she has had the fortitude to endure and withstand every bullet that has been shot to black women as well as to the black race. She has lifted while she climbed. She has carried more than her share when trying to progress in this "white man's world." Her teeth have been knocked out of her mouth, yet she still smiles, her feet have been cut off, yet she still dances, and her voice has been stifled, yet she still teaches. Her hands have been bound, yet she still knocks on the door of equality.
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