Lugenia Burns Hope
Lugenia Burns Hope | |
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![]() John and Lugenia Burns Hope | |
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Died | August 14, 1947 Nashville, Tennessee, United States | (aged 76)
Occupation | Political activist |
Spouse | John Hope |
Lugenia Burns Hope (February 19, 1871 – August 14, 1947), was a social reformer whose Neighborhood Union and other community service organizations improved the quality of life for African Americans in
Biography
Education and social outreach
Lugenia Burns was born in St. Louis, Missouri,[1] February 19, 1871.[2] Her parents were Louisa M. Bertha and Ferdinand Burns; her father was a carpenter.[2] She was the youngest of seven children.[2] When her father died suddenly, her mother to move the family to Chicago.[3]
Throughout her youth, Lugenia Burns worked for various charitable organizations, inspiring a lifelong interest in social outreach work.
Activism
Because the
A founding member of the Atlanta branch of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Hope became involved in reform activities nationwide, such as her 1920 effort to end segregation and white-domination within the national YWCA. Her statement to white women who opposed full equality in the YWCA for African-American women was: "Ignorance is ignorance wherever found, yet the most ignorant white woman may enjoy every privilege that America offers. Now ...the ignorant Negro woman should also enjoy them."[4]
An innovative thinker on racial politics, Hope criticized the common belief that African American needed to prove their worthiness as citizens, and as vice president of the
Death
Hope became ill in 1936, the same year her husband died. She spent the rest of her life in New York City, Chicago, and Nashville. She died August 14, 1947, in Nashville, Tennessee, and her ashes were spread from the tower at Morehouse.[2] She was posthumously inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement in 1996.[2][1]
References
- ^ a b "LUGENIA BURNS HOPE". Georgia Women of Achievement. March 1996. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Cardoza-Oquendo, Juan (11 August 2020). "Lugenia Burns Hope (1871-1947)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ "NASW Celebrates Black History Month 2005! Lugenia Burns Hope (1871-1947)". National Association of Social Workers. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017.
Further reading
- OCLC 634088033– via Google Books.
- Chirhart, Ann Short (2014). "Lugenia Burns Hope: Fulfilling a Sacred Promise". In Chirhart, Ann Short; Clark, Kathleen Ann (eds.). Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times Volume 2. OCLC 859582748.
- Shivery, Louie Davis; JSTOR 271522.
External links
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How to use archival material |
- "John and Lugenia Burns Hope Papers (Finding Aid)". RADAR. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.
- Newberry, Brittany; Shabazz, Kayin; Wright, Trashinda. "Women Who Changed Atlanta and the World". Digital Exhibits. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.