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>> AS
>> AS WE
>> AS WE CLOSE OUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH WE TURN OUR
ATTENTION TO THREE INCREDIBLE
UNSUNG HEROES WHO BROKE DOWN
BARRIERS THAT THEIR TIME.
CARA RECENTLY HIGHLIGHTED THEM
IN THINGS TO CARA-BOUT.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> CARA, I LOVE THAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO MAYBE
WE'RE ALL NOT FAMILIAR WITH,
BUT THEY'VE MADE SUCH A BIG
IMPACT, SORT OF THE QUIET
HEROES, SO TO SPEAK OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
CARA: YES, APTALLY PUT.
WE'LL FINISH BLACK HISTORY
MONTH STRONG, BUT WE WANTED TO
EDUCATE YOU ON SOME OF THESE
POWERFUL WOMEN SO YOU CAN TEACH
OTHERS ABOUT THEM AND LEARN
YOURSELF.
YOURSELF.
YOURSELF. SO LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE
REAL ESTATE MOGUL.
BRIDGETTE BIDDY MASON, SHE WAS
ENSLAVED IN SAN BERNARDINO,
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. THIS IS QUITE A BACK STORY.
SO SHE WAS ENSLAVED WITH HER
OWNER, BUT UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM
CALIFORNIA ENTERED THE UNION AS
A FREE STATE IN 1850 WHICH
MEANT IF HE DIDN'T LEAVE THE
STATE WITHIN 30 DAYS HIS
PROPERTY COULD SUE FOR FREEDOM.
SO THAT'S JUST WHAT SHE DID.
SHE OBTAINED HER FREEDOM AND
SHE USED HER SKILLS AS A MID
WIFE AND BUSINESS TO THRIVE AND
PURCHASED PROPERTY NOW IN
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND
FORTUNE WOULD BE $6 MILLION
TODAY AND THE FIRST BLACK
MILLIONAIRE IN L.A. AND SHE
CO-FOUNDED THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
THAT STILL EXISTS TODAY.
CHRISTINE: THAT'S ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE. HOW DID SHE DO -- I MEAN, THE
STRENGTH, THE COURAGE,
UNBELIEVABLE.
UNBELIEVABLE. CARA: AND THE SMARTS THIS WOMAN
HAD.
HAD.
HAD. SHE
HAD. SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1891.
AND LED A LONG LIFE.
THE NEXT IDA WELLS BARNETT.
AN ANTI-LYNCHING ADVOCATE.
SHE WAS BORN IN MISSISSIPPI.
SHE DEDICATED HER HIVE TO THE
MOVEMENT BY PUTTING AN END TO
LYNCHING A COMMON PUNISHMENT
FOR BLACK PEOPLE AFTER FRIENDS
OF HERS WERE LYNCHED FOR OWNING
A SUCCESSFUL GROCERY STORE.
THE FREE SPEECH, SHE BRAVELY
CALLED FOR AN END TO LYNCHING
AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND THE
LATTER PUT HER AT ODDS WITH THE
WHITE SUFFICIEN
LATTER PUT HER AT ODDS WITH THE WHITE SUFFICRAGETTES, BUT SHE
CONTINUED ANYWAY.
CONTINUED ANYWAY. SHE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED A
PULITZER PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING
AND COURAGEOUS REPORTING DURING
THE DAYS OF LYNCHING.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO SHED LIGHT ON
THE ATROCITIES HAPPENING AND
EDUCATE US ABOUT OUR PAST.
CHRISTINE: ABSOLUTELY
CHRISTINE: ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE. AGAIN, IT'S THESE STORIES OF
THESE PEOPLE WHO WENT OUT ON A
LIMB AND REALLY RISKED THEIR
LIVES TO MAKE A STAND AND, YOU
KNOW, HERE THEY ARE TODAY,
WE'RE FINALLY RECOGNIZING THEM,
BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME THEY
JUST WANTED TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AND TO RIGHT A
WRONG.
WRONG.
WRONG. SO, JUST INCREDIBLE.
BY THE WAY, I'VE BEEN WATCHING
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ON CNN ALL
MONTH LONG, YOU KNOW, JUST
REALLY, MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT,
BY REALLY LEARNING ABOUT KIND
OF THE LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT
HIS LIFE AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
WHAT REALLY MADE HIM WHO HE IS
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. CARA: YEAH, I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT, TOO, TO KEEP READING
AND KEEP LEARNING AND EVEN
THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT THAT WE
KNEW TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
EDUCATED AND THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE ACTIVIST
DIANE NASH.
DIANE NASH. SO DIANE NASH WAS AN ACTIVIST
FOR STUDENTS, IN PARTICULAR,
WHO WERE PROTESTING DURING
SEGREGATED DINING IN THE
1960'S.
1960'S.
1960'S. SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK
PEOPLE TO EAT LUNCH AT POST
HOUSE RESTAURANT IN THE
GREYHOUND BUS TERMINAL IN
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
DESCRIBED DIANE NASH AS
NONVIOLENT ASSAULT ON
SEGREGATION AT LUNCH COUNTERS,
NOT ONE TO REST ON HER LAURELS
SHE WAS CRUCIAL IN THE FREEDOM
RIDES STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH
THAT CHALLENGED SEGREGATION ON
BUSES AND IN TERMINALS.
SHE WAS ALSO VERY PIVOTAL IN
THE SELMA VOTING RIGHTS
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT. SO DOING THE MOST GOOD, DIANE
NASH.
NASH.
NASH. CHRISTINE: CARA, THANK YOU SO,
SO MUCH.
SO MUCH.
SO MUCH. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND A
WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION FOR
THESE FABULOUS WOMEN WHO REALLY
ARE NOT