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Friday, February 12, 2021

Milla Granson (Lily Ann Granderson), Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward

Milla Granson (Lily Ann Granderson), Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward
MILLA GRANSON (LILY ANN GRANDERSON), BLACK EDUCATOR HALL OF FAME



E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development, in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org, will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer.

But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History MonthFebruary is just the Blackest.

Today, our featured Black Educator is Milla Granson.

Milla Granson, was born Lily Ann Granderson; enslaved in Virginia in 1816, however her life was one of incredible dedication and heroism to our people at the risk of her own welfare.

As a child, she was taught to read and write by the children of her captor while enslaved in Kentucky. Once that captor died, she was sold to another captor in Mississippi where she endured torture compared to her enslavement in Kentucky. “O, how I longed to die!” she told a friend; “and sometimes I thought I would die from such cruel whippings upon my bared body.”

However, it was in Mississippi where Granson defied the extreme risk and CONTINUE READING: Milla Granson (Lily Ann Granderson), Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward