Every grave has a start date and end date, but perhaps the most important thing is that little dash in between--the actual life a person led. Today, we go on strike with the Washing Society, a little movement that swelled with activists and laid the foundation for every movement that followed.

Referenced in this episode: "Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors After the Civil War" by Tera W. Hunter.

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