Mary Ann Camberton Shadd (later Shadd Cary) was a pioneering Black educator, among her many roles. In the 1840s, Shadd taught at a segregated school for African American children in Norristown ...

Mary Ann Shadd was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on Octl 9, 1823. Since Delaware prohibited Black education, the Shadds moved to Pennsylvania where Mary Ann attended a Quaker boarding school until ...

From their new home in Pennsylvania, Mary Ann Shadd attended a Quaker boarding school. Upon returning home from school, Mary Ann, still a teenager, used her education to found a school for Black ...

The Mary Ann ... Shadd established herself early as a dedicated teacher, writer and activist, resulting in her being invited in 1851 to teach in Windsor. She opened a racially integrated school ...

Against the Grain is a monthly column by Huda Hassan examining popular culture and the arts through a Black feminist lens. This is its inaugural edition. Writing on or toward abolition isn't new ...

The Mary Ann ... Shadd established herself early as a dedicated teacher, writer and activist, resulting in her being invited in 1851 to teach in Windsor. She opened a racially integrated school ...

Nana aba Duncan is the founder of the Mary Ann Shadd Cary Centre for Journalism and Belonging. She's also the school's Carty Chair in Journalism, Diversity and Inclusion Studies. Duncan spoke ...