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    Carved In Ebony

    A new podcast from Highest Good Media hosted by Jasmine Holmes with Abena Ansah-Wright delivers bite-sized lessons about Black people’s contributions and the moments rarely explored in American Church History. If you don't have a lot of time and you’re eager to learn, this short podcast is perfect for you.

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    Latest Episodes:
    Nannie Helen Burroughs Jan 12, 2022
    Show notes

    “She can not be put into a box.”

    —Abena Ansah-Wright


    In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright talk about Nannie Helen Burroughs. Burroughs was a speaker, civil rights activist, and educator. She was an advocate for including women in more prominent roles in the church, and founded her own trade and liberal arts school for girls and women.


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    Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasmineLHolmes

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.baucham

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasminelholmes/

    Jasmine’s website: https://jasminelholmes.com


    Follow Abena Ansah-Wright

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/APBAnsah

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abena.ansah


    Find Jasmine’s book at https://carvedinebonybook.com

    Lucy Craft Laney Jan 05, 2022
    Show notes

    “Lucy Craft Laney is in the south, where racial violence is intensifying, the lines are hardening…and she is out here trying to create spaces for education for black children. That’s huge.”

    —Abena Ansah-Wright


    In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright discuss Lucy Craft Laney, an educator born in Georgia in 1854. She was educated at an American Missionary Association school, and went on to start her own school for black children in her home state of Georgia, where she served as principal.



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    Follow Jasmine Holmes

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasmineLHolmes

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.baucham

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasminelholmes/

    Jasmine’s website: https://jasminelholmes.com


    Follow Abena Ansah-Wright

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/APBAnsah

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abena.ansah


    Find Jasmine’s book at https://carvedinebonybook.com







    Maria Fearing Dec 29, 2021
    Show notes

    “This woman was born with nothing, worked to have her own property, and then gave away everything.”

    —Jasmine Holmes


    In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright tell the story of Maria Fearing, a woman born into slavery in Alabama. After Fearing was freed, she learned to read and write, became a teacher, and bought her own home. In her fifties, Maria sold her house as a means to finance her missionary journey to the Congo, where she stayed for as long as she was able. She served as a Bible translator, opened a home for girls, and rescued many children from slavery.



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    Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasmineLHolmes

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.baucham

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasminelholmes/

    Jasmine’s website: https://jasminelholmes.com


    Follow Abena Ansah-Wright

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    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abena.ansah


    Find Jasmine’s book at https://carvedinebonybook.com


    Sarah G. Stanley Dec 22, 2021
    Show notes

    “She never took the path of least resistance.”

    —Jasmine Holmes


    In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright highlight the life of Sarah G. Stanley, an author, abolitionist, and teacher who was born into a wealthy family in 1837. After attending Oberlin College, Stanley became a teacher. Later she joined the American Missionary Association and educated newly emancipated students in the south.


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    Follow Jasmine Holmes

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasmineLHolmes

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.baucham

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasminelholmes/

    Jasmine’s website: https://jasminelholmes.com


    Follow Abena Ansah-Wright

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    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abena.ansah


    Find Jasmine’s book at https://carvedinebonybook.com


    Amanda Berry Smith Dec 14, 2021
    Show notes

    “This is a woman who loved God, spent her entire life devoted in service to him, and can teach us so much.”

    —Jasmine Holmes


    In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright discuss Amanda Berry Smith, a preacher, missionary, writer, and minister born to enslaved parents in Maryland in 1837. After her father purchased freedom for himself and his family, Smith became deeply involved in the Methodist church, and eventually served as a missionary in India, Africa, and Great Britain, among other places. Later in life, she opened an orphanage, which she funded with the proceeds from her autobiography.


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    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasminelholmes/

    Jasmine’s website: https://jasminelholmes.com


    Follow Abena Ansah-Wright

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    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abena.ansah


    Find Jasmine’s book at https://carvedinebonybook.com


    Charlotte Forten Grimké Dec 08, 2021
    Show notes

    “In her diary, Charlotte was fierce.’”

    —Jasmine Holmes


    In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright discuss Charlotte Forten Grimké, an educator, poet, essayist, and anti-slavery activist. Born into an active abolitionist family in Philadelphia, Grimké became a teacher, and was later asked to teach newly emancipated people on the Sea Islands in North Carolina. While teaching there, Grimké collected folklore and wrote about the customs on the island, and published essays about her time on the island.


    Follow Jasmine Holmes

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    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.baucham

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasminelholmes/

    Jasmine’s website: https://jasminelholmes.com


    Follow Abena Boakyewa-Ansah

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    Find Jasmine’s book at https://carvedinebonybook.com

    Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Dec 02, 2021
    Show notes

    “The word that comes to mind when I think of her is ‘poise.’” —Jasmine Holmes


    In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright talk about how Frances Ellen Watkins Harper defied societal expectations in order to make an impact on her world. Harper was a teacher, a speaker, a poet, an abolitionist, and equal rights advocate. She became the first woman to teach at Union Seminary, as well as the first African American woman to publish a short story.


    Follow Jasmine Holmes

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    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.baucham

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasminelholmes/

    Jasmine’s website: https://jasminelholmes.com


    Follow Abena Boakyewa-Ansah

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    Find Jasmine’s book at https://carvedinebonybook.com

    Sarah Mapps Douglass Nov 24, 2021
    Show notes

    “Sarah Mapps Douglass is captivating to me because she is so emblematic of black abolitionism and how beautiful and rich a tradition it was.”

    —Abena Ansah-Wright


    In the latest episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright talk about Sarah Mapps Douglass. Born in 1806 in Philadelphia, Douglass went on to have a long career as an abolitionist, lecturer, educator, and writer. Douglass was a true renaissance woman, and during her life time, she spoke out against the segregation within her own Quaker church tradition, attended medical school, started a literary society, and began her own school for black women.


    Follow Jasmine Holmes

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    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.baucham

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasminelholmes/

    Jasmine’s website: https://jasminelholmes.com


    Follow Abena Boakyewa-Ansah

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    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abena.ansah


    Find Jasmine’s book at https://carvedinebonybook.com

    Maria Stewart Nov 17, 2021
    Show notes

    “She had such a short career, and yet did so much.”

    —Abena Ansah-Wright

    In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Ansah-Wright talk about Maria Stewart, an activist and abolitionist who was active in the 1830s. Stewart was born free in Hartford, Connecticut, spent several years as an indentured servant after her parents’ deaths, and ultimately became a writer, speaker, and teacher, using her influence to speak out against slavery and speak up for women’s rights. Stewart is also known for being the first woman in America to give a speech in front of a mixed audience of black and white men and women.


    Follow Jasmine Holmes

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasmineLHolmes

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.baucham

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasminelholmes/

    Jasmine’s website: https://jasminelholmes.com


    Follow Abena Boakyewa-Ansah

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    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abena.ansah


    Find Jasmine’s book at https://carvedinebonybook.com

    Elizabeth Freeman Nov 10, 2021
    Show notes

    “There was no recourse for her until she made the recourse herself.” —Jasmine Holmes

    In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Boakyewa-Ansah highlight the life of Elizabeth Freeman, an enslaved woman living in Massachusetts during the time of the Revolutionary War. Freeman became the first woman in Massachusetts to successfully sue for her own freedom. Her self-advocacy helped pave the way for Massachusetts to become a free state.


    Follow Jasmine Holmes

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasmineLHolmes

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasmine.baucham

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasminelholmes/

    Jasmine’s website: https://jasminelholmes.com


    Follow Abena Boakyewa-Ansah

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    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abena.ansah


    Find Jasmine’s book at https://carvedinebonybook.com

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