Black History Month Spotlight Sadie T. M. Alexander

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the first Black woman to earn a PhD in the United States.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
First Star of ninety nine, Rosergrad Morning Show, Roxy Romeo,
Mother Knows, and Mikey Dredd seven six. Right now, we
do it each and every day the whole month of
February because it is Black History Month. Mother's Black History Facts.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Today we celebrate Sadie Alexander, the first black female lawyer
in Pennsylvania. Sadie Alexander was Philly's assistant city solicitor at
a time the nineteen thirties when few women of any
race held city titles. Later, she helped author President Harry

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Truman's Report on Civil Rights. Even as a young woman,
Alexander knew that education was the key to her success.
She was the first black woman to graduate from Pen
Law and the first in the nation to get a
PhD in economics and only the second black female PhD

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recipient in the country. Two of her five eventual degrees
she passed away November one, nineteen eighty nine. Sadie Alexander,
you are Black History and if you miss my Black
History spot writes my facts. Thank you, thank you, thank

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you for everyone that's going over to the Mother Nos Show,
paraanin nine dot com go on and listen to I
Got a lot of Black History facts up there. The
month is almost over. We've celebrated State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta,
Rodney King, Dewayn Family, Roxianschante, Patty LaBelle, Coleman Domingo, Malcolm Jenkins,

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Quinta Brunson, Sherman Hemsley, Alice H. Parker, Maggie Lina Walker,
Ciso B. Moore, Joseph Coleman, W. Wilson Good, Thomas Jennings.
I'm here for Black History Month, pouadnine nine dot com.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
The Mother, No, of course, Mother will be back tomorrow between.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
Seven minute I forgot about Marie van Britten Brown and
Robert and c n.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Give them their love, give them their flowers. A Mother
will be back tomorrow with another Black History fact. And
the next week will be the last week we're out
of February. So you got what's one tomorrow and then five?
So about six more facts Mother will give me. I'm
to double out exactly to get them all off.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
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