OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN African American women have excelled in virtually every arena of the world’s spectrum. Born of a desire to succeed, Maggie L. Walker, Shirley Chisolm, Corretta Scott King and Mya Angelou, to name only a few, are sisters that have paved the way towards excellence and served as role models for an entire nation of free black women in America today. Yet Afro American women still face a myriad of stumbling …showed first 75 words of 394 total…

…showed last 75 words of 394 total…teacher, employee, confidant and friend while trying not to lose their sense of self in the process and holding to their strong beliefs in God. This alone qualifies her to lead and certainly to hold a seat on any board of corporate affairs. Finally, the African American women must continue to strive for excellence and her rightful place. We have not “arrived” we are “arriving” and that is progress and something to be proud of.