Carved in Ebony
Lessons from the Black Women Who Shape Us

Jasmine Holmes tells the stories of exceptional women, including Elizabeth Freeman, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Maria Fearing, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Sarah Mapps Douglass, Sara Griffith Stanley, and Amanda Berry Smith. Carved in Ebony will take you past the predominantly white, male contributions that seemingly dominate history books and church history to discover how Black women have been some of the main figures in defining the landscape of American history and faith.