She was living her best life. She was rich, famous, and respected. Still, there was one

thing that was eating away at her soul that challenged her very existence. How she

overcame the challenge is literally one for the books. This is Two Minute Black

History. What you didn't learn in school.

Susie Revelle's Caten was no stranger to racism. Her father was the first

Black Senator in the nation and she had spent much of her life watching him fight

racism in Mississippi as a child. But now things were different. She was a grown

woman with her own family and her own community. Far from the flatlands of

the Mississippi Delta, Caten was now in the northwest doing well in Seattle. She

and her husband ran a large newspaper. Still something bothered her. Even in

progressive Seattle, the Black community was still mistreated and

discriminated against. They were forced into low-paying jobs and even banned

from public schools.

Caten was a leader in the local community so she had to do something. However, as a

Black woman, her options for activism were limited, but she had a plan. She would

write. She would fight back against the lies and stereotypes being told about

our people as she used the oldest communication method on Earth to achieve

this. Storytelling. Did her writing work to uplift our people?

Absolutely. Her stories encourage self-love, education, spirituality, entrepreneurship,

and fighting against discrimination. She was then able to organize other women

around Black liberation. Caten knew that controlling our own narratives would

lead to liberation. What are some parts of your story that can inspire your

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