The Undying Perseverance Of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Black History Year
PushBlack
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🗓️ 8 November 2024
⏱️ 3 minutes
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No matter the excuse, this was the LAST TIME her husband would put his hands on her – no matter how famous and well-respected he was. Her needs mattered as much as his did, and it was time to show the world the truth!
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| 0:32.6 | No matter the excuse, this was the last time her husband would put his hands on her, no matter how famous or well-respected he was. |
| 0:45.3 | Her knees mattered just as much as his, and it was time to show the world the truth. |
| 0:51.3 | This is two-minute black history, what you didn't learn in school. |
| 1:01.7 | Alice Dumbar Nelson was married to one of the greatest black poets of all time, Paul |
| 1:07.9 | Lawrence Dumbar. But a look below the surface revealed that everything was not as it |
| 1:14.4 | seemed. Her life with Paul Lawrence Dunbar was filled with abuse and alcoholism. His doctor treated him |
| 1:23.5 | with whiskey, a dreadful attempt to sue the tuberculosis destroying his body. |
| 1:31.5 | When he almost killed her in a fit of rage, she knew it was time to leave. |
| 1:37.4 | Nelson eventually remarried, but she never changed who she was. |
| 1:43.0 | She was an advocate for women's rights and an incredible |
| 1:46.5 | writer in her own right. There was something else too. No matter how much opposition |
| 1:53.4 | she faced from men or the white world, she kept writing, speaking out, and advocating for |
| 2:00.6 | black women. Even when she was sick and dying, |
| 2:05.3 | she kept a diary and voiced her desire for liberation. Nelson faced hardship, abuse, and rejection |
| 2:14.1 | trying to make her voice heard. Despite this, she kept pursuing her passion. |
| 2:21.3 | We must remember that a racist, misogynist society |
| 2:26.7 | will always seek to silence the voices of those they hate. |
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