Quote of the day
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
Susie Taylor
Born: August 6, 1848
Died: October 6, 1912 (aged 64)
Bio: Susie King Taylor was the first Black Army nurse. She tended to an all Black army troop named the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, later redesignated the 33rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment, where her husband served, for four years during the Civil War.







