It’s true. Black women have for decades been the matriarchal backbone of the family, continually providing support. Through her tenacity and diligence, many famed Black leaders have excelled who have come from some single-parent, female-led, Black (or other ethnicity) homes. What the Black society is slowly starting to realize is just how important the Black woman’s role is, and has been, in the home.

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According to the 2008 State of Black America report, published by the National Urban League, black women are now wearing many hats and are often carrying the weight of the entire African-American community on their shoulders.
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Rosa Parks, dubbed the mother of the Civil Rights Movement, is best known for her refusal to give up her seat on the bus to a White man. The story has been told many times over and over until to some, it may have become so common that it may have lost its meaning. But not for me. Never. You see, I experienced the story first hand for myself because I grew up in Montogmery, the birth place of the Civil Right’s movement. I have heard that story told many …read more