Sarah Delany
Sarah Delany
Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delanywas an African-American educator and civil rights pioneer who was the subject, along with her younger sister Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany, of the New York Times bestselling oral history, Having Our Say, by journalist Amy Hill Hearth. Sadie was the first Black person permitted to teach domestic science at the high-school level in the New York public schools, and became...
prejudice stop
I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.
life people white worked
. . . we never worked for white people in their homes. No, sir, not even once! That is one of the accomplishments in my life of which I am the most proud, yes, sir!
certain children folks lay matter
When you get real old, honey, you realizre there are certain things that just don't matter anymore. You lay it all on the table. There's a saying: Only little children and old folks tell the truth.
life
Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.