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Harriet McBryde Johnson was born in eastern North Carolina, July 8, 1957, in Laurinburg, one of five children by David and Ada Johnson. Her parents were college teachers. [1] She was a feisty child: A quote from her sister said that "Harriet tried to get an abusive teacher fired; the start of her hell raising."
Harriet Johnson may refer to: Harriet C. Johnson (1845–1907), African-American suffragist and educator Harriet McBryde Johnson (1957–2008), American author, attorney, and disability rights activist
Reverdy Cassius Ransom was born in Flushing, Ohio, on January 4, 1861.His father, whose name is not recorded, was a Native American, and his mother, Harriet Johnson, was an African American who sacrificed herself [how?] in order to ensure Reverdy's education.
Around 1870 Johnson attended the National Convention of the Colored Men of America (NCCMA) in Washington, D.C. where she was the only female delegate. Her presence there caused a debate, with some members arguing that the organization was for men only and others arguing that excluding Johnson because she was a woman was similar to African ...
The Harriet Johnson Nursery School opened in 1918 at the Bureau's new quarters in a series of houses on West 12th and West 13th Street. The staff included teachers, psychologists and researchers who worked to discover the environments in which children grew and learned to their full potential. The staff observed how children learned, and they ...
The New York Times reported that his wife, Dr. Harriet E. McGurk, confirmed his cause of death after a battle with lymphoma — a type of cancerthat begins in the cells of the lymph system.
Ernestine “Tina” Martin Wyatt is a great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman. The Washington, D.C., resident hosts an annual Harriet Tubman Day celebration in the district to educate the ...
Finlay-Johnson was born in Hampstead in 1871. Her parents were Thomas Connolly and Jane (born FitzPatrick) Johnson. Harriet and her sister Emily both became teachers. [1] She qualified in 1892 after working for eight years at St Mary's School, Willesden. [1] The "Coronation of William and Mary" by the children using net curtains for costumes