When was the African-American journalist which was among the majors of "Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities" born?
Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities was an anthology of biographies of African American women edited by Monroe Alpheus Majors published in 1893 in Chicago. Majors sketched the lives of nearly 300 women, including Edmonia Lewis, Amanda Smith, Ida B. Wells, and Sojourner Truth. Majors began to compile the book in Waco, Texas in 1890. He hoped to show the worth of black women for themselves and as an expression of the value of all African Americans. A significant omission from the book was Harriet Tubman. The book sought to shape contemporary attitudes and historian Milton C. Sernett hypothesizes that including Tubman would invoke memories of the pain of slavery.
Evelyn Cunningham Evelyn Cunningham (January 25, 1916 – April 28, 2010) was an American journalist and aide to Nelson Rockefeller. Cunningham covered the early civil rights movement and was a reporter and editor for the "Pittsburgh Courier". She and the paper's staff were awarded the George Polk Award in 1998 for their coverage.