MAGGIE LENA WALKER
Ms. Maggie Lena Walker was the president of her own bank for over 30 years. From 1903 to 1934 Walker reigned and ruled in black excellence or as I like to say purposellence (purpose & excellence). Ms. Walker certainly pulled herself up by her bootstraps as a teacher and businesswoman. Ms. Walker founded the St. Luke Penny's Saving Bank. As the very first African American woman to own and operate her own empowerment, she made sure she wasn't the last.
Black people, it is your job to pass the collection plate of Black History to your children. When "Women of the Movement" aired a few weeks ago on ABC, they talked about the story of Emmett Till. I was so excited to watch it. I walked up to random young people to ask them who Emmett Till was. They had no clue! Wow. Again, no one is coming to save us, but us! If you are a single parent, feed your children some Black History! If you are two parents in a household feed your kids some Black History. It's good for their soul and direction. They need to know who they are and what's in their bloodline. Instead of allowing your kids to fall by the wayside of self-hate coupled by negative energy, start exposing them to their history.
Why wasn't learning about the first black woman who started her own bank in the era of Jim Crow part of the curriculum in American schools? Black children really could have benefited from soaking their brains in this knowledge. It would have given them a totally different outlook on life and wealth building. Especially on the subject of ownership. Most students were encouraged to go to college, graduate, and get a good job when I was in school. No one told us not to work for other people! Going into business for yourself wasn't normalized. What's so wrong with that, right? Exactly too much is wrong with it. Ownership is spiritually ingrained in melanated people. After the servitude and slavery period, liberation came. Black folks wanted their own because they were taught by their elders. They did it! Ms. Walker did it too, as an example for you!
Black people, it is your job to pass the collection plate of Black History to your children. When "Women of the Movement" aired a few weeks ago on ABC, they talked about the story of Emmett Till. I was so excited to watch it. I walked up to random young people to ask them who Emmett Till was. They had no clue! Wow. Again, no one is coming to save us, but us! If you are a single parent, feed your children some Black History! If you are two parents in a household feed your kids some Black History. It's good for their soul and direction. They need to know who they are and what's in their bloodline. Instead of allowing your kids to fall by the wayside of self-hate coupled by negative energy, start exposing them to their history.
Why wasn't learning about the first black woman who started her own bank in the era of Jim Crow part of the curriculum in American schools? Black children really could have benefited from soaking their brains in this knowledge. It would have given them a totally different outlook on life and wealth building. Especially on the subject of ownership. Most students were encouraged to go to college, graduate, and get a good job when I was in school. No one told us not to work for other people! Going into business for yourself wasn't normalized. What's so wrong with that, right? Exactly too much is wrong with it. Ownership is spiritually ingrained in melanated people. After the servitude and slavery period, liberation came. Black folks wanted their own because they were taught by their elders. They did it! Ms. Walker did it too, as an example for you!
