Description: A look at the inspirational lives of ten Black women of faith Do the names Elizabeth Freeman, Nannie Helen Burroughs, or Charlotte Forten Grimké ring any bells? Have you ever heard of Sarah Mapps Douglass, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, or Maria Fearing? What about Sara Griffith Stanley, Amanda Berry Smith, Lucy Craft Laney, and Maria Stewart? While these names may not be familiar to you, these women lived faithful and influential lives in a world that was filled with injustice. They worked to change laws, built schools, spoke to thousands, and shared the Gospel all around the world. And while history books may have forgotten them, their stories can teach us so much about how we can live today.
Brief description: Kellye A. Saunders is a professor of dance at Texas Christian University. As a classically trained ballerina, Ms. Saunders has performed on the most famous stages in the world as well as on Broadway. At home both onstage and behind the microphone, she employs her artistic sensibility, as well as a keen attention to detail to every project to which she is entrusted. A native of Washington DC, she now resides in Ft. Worth, Texas.