#Black History Month.. This is really cool..

[Cha]

Harold W Nelson ??@HaroldWNelson
#BlackHistoryMonth
8:55 PM - 19 Feb 2016
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The Obama Diary~ http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/19/the-president-and-first-ladys-day-29/

The African American Group~Mahalo~

[Glamrock]

1. Awesome!

[Cha]

3. I know, huh!

[lamp_shade]

2. Kick and rec

[Cha]

5. Mahalo lamp_shade.. For the other

Rec, too!

[JI7]

4. just read about her on wiki and she had a very interesting life

even before the postal service job and after it.

running her own business and being kind of an independent person(at least as much as a woman and person of color could be in those days).

[Cha]

6. Thank you for that additional history on Mary Fields, JI7..

fascinating to think back to those days and how far we've come with so many more miles to go.

[brer cat]

7. She does have an interesting life story.

She seized her freedom, became an independent woman, and held on by whatever means was necessary. I liked this quote by Gary Cooper written long after her death: "Born a slave somewhere in Tennessee, Mary lived to become one of the freest souls ever to draw a breath, or a .38." She doesn't sound like someone to be trifled with.

[Cha]

8. Thank you for that poignant passage, brer cat.

[wildeyed]

9. "after several complaints and an incident with a disgruntled male subordinate that involved gunplay

the bishop ordered her to leave the convent."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fields

How is there not a major motion picture about this woman's life yet? We were talking about that here the other day, about how many amazing stories about women of color were ignored by mainstream Hollywood. This one is some low hanging fruit for sure. People of Hollywood, take note!

[Cha]

10. It would make a great movie, wildeyed!

Thank you!

[JustAnotherGen]

13. Screenplay idea - journal

[bigwillq]

11. K and R (nt)

[Cha]

12. Gracias bigwill~