Sadie Delany

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Sadie Delany was an African American educator and civil rights pioneer best known as the co-author of the bestselling memoir "Having Our Say," which chronicled the lives and experiences of her and her sister Bessie over more than a century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American
civil rights activist
educator
human
memoirist
ageAtDeath 109
burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED
coAuthor Amy Hill Hearth NERFINISHED
Bessie Delany NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1889-09-19
dateOfDeath 1999-01-25
describedIn The New York Times obituary for Sarah L. Delany
educatedAt Columbia University
St. Augustine’s School NERFINISHED
employer New York City public school system NERFINISHED
Queens College, City University of New York NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Delany NERFINISHED
father Henry Beard Delany NERFINISHED
fullName Sarah Louise Delany NERFINISHED
gender female
givenName Sarah NERFINISHED
hasNotableRelative Annie Elizabeth Delany NERFINISHED
Bessie Delany NERFINISHED
Henry Beard Delany NERFINISHED
knownFor chronicling African American life in the Jim Crow era
civil rights advocacy through personal testimony
pioneering role as an African American educator
languageOfWorkOrName English
mother Nanny Logan Delany NERFINISHED
neverMarried true
nickname Sadie NERFINISHED
notableWork Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years NERFINISHED
occupation college instructor
teacher
placeOfBirth Lynch’s Station, Virginia, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Mount Vernon, New York, United States NERFINISHED
religion Episcopalian
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED
sibling Annie Elizabeth Delany NERFINISHED
Bessie Delany NERFINISHED
Henry Beard Delany Jr. NERFINISHED
subjectOf Having Our Say (Broadway play adaptation) NERFINISHED
Having Our Say (film adaptation) NERFINISHED

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Henry Beard Delany child Sadie Delany
Henry Beard Delany notableStudent Sadie Delany