Annie Turbo Malone And 9 Other Forgotten Names In Black History We’re Grateful For

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Susie Baker King 

Since the beginning of time, Black women have always had a story to tell, and that includes Susie Baker King (born Susie King Taylor). Living during the American Civil War, King taught many how to read. If that wasn’t iconic enough, she then chose to write and publish a book about her wartime experience entitled Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers, making her the first African-American woman to write about such experiences and be an army nurse. The book shares her time attending to an all-Black army troop called The First South Carolina Volunteers, the 33rd regiment.

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