Month: January 2026

Robert Smalls: The Christian Courage Behind His Daring Escape & Life of Leadership

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Born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina, Robert Smalls was an American Republican politician who lived from April 5, 1839, to February 23, 1915. Smalls, who was still a slave, stole a Confederate transport ship in Charleston Harbor during the American Civil War and sailed it from the harbor’s Confederate-controlled waters to the American blockade that ringed it. After that, he took the ship to the Beaufort–Port Royal–Hilton Head enclave under Union control, where it was converted into a Union battleship. He set himself, his crew, and their families free…

Sojourner Truth Biography: Famous Speaker of “Ain’t I a Woman?”

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Truth went on a lecture tour through central and western New York State with abolitionist and speaker George Thompson in 1851. Sojourner Truth gave her well-known impromptu statement on women’s rights, which became known as “Ain’t I a Woman?” during the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, in May. In her remarks, she called for all women to have equal human rights. She also talked as a former slave, fusing appeals for women’s rights with abolitionism and using her strength as a worker to support her claims for equal…

Sojourner Truth: The Christian Preacher Who Fought for Freedom & Equality

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Born Isabella Bomefree, Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and advocate for women’s rights, alcohol moderation, and African-American civil rights. She lived from around 1797 to November 26, 1883. Born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, Truth managed to free herself and her little daughter in 1826. She became the first black woman to prevail in a legal battle against a white man in 1828 after going to court to reclaim her kid. In 1843, she changed her name to Sojourner Truth because she was certain that God had called…

Emil Kapaun Biography: Miracles, Memorials, & TV Representation

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Nick Dellasega passed out on May 7, 2011, at a Get Busy Living 5K event in Pittsburg, Kansas (in remembrance of Dylan Meier). Dellasega appeared to have perished on the spot, but a chain of coincidences led to his survival. The Wichita Eagle quotes Micah Ehling, an EMT and boyhood buddy, as stating, “I know what a face looks like when the soul leaves the body.” And Nick had that appearance. Some onlookers believe that Dellasega survived because of the dedication of his cousin Jonah Dellasega, who knelt down at…

Emil Kapaun: The Faith-Filled Chaplain Who Became a Legend of the Korean War

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Emil Kapaun was an American Catholic priest and US Army captain who fought as a chaplain in both World War II and the Korean War. He was born on April 20, 1916, and died on May 23, 1951. After serving as a chaplain in the Burma Theater of World War II, Emil Kapaun was captured while serving as a chaplain with the U.S. Army in Korea. He passed away in a camp for prisoners of war. For his actions in Korea, Kapaun was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in…

Booker Washington Biography: Legacy, Works and Media

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Legacy The years 1880–1915 have been dubbed the Age of Booker Washington because of how well-known he was as a public figure. There has been a wide range of historical perspectives about Washington, his personality, and the significance of that leadership. Following his passing, the civil rights community harshly condemned him for his accommodationism toward white supremacist ideology. But from the late 20th century, a more impartial assessment of his extremely diverse work has emerged. According to the most recent research, “defend and celebrate his accomplishments, legacy, and leadership” (2010).…

Booker Washington: How Christian Values Shaped His Mission to Educate a Generation

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Booker Washington was an American educator, writer, and speaker who lived from April 5, 1856, until November 14, 1915. Washington was the leading figure in the African-American community and the modern Black elite from 1890 and 1915. Washington, who was born into slavery in Hale’s Ford, Virginia, on April 5, 1856, was set free when American forces arrived in the region during the Civil War. Booker Washington went to Wayland Seminary for college after working his way through Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute as a young man. He was appointed…