Mittie Maude Lena Gordon (née Nelson, August 2, 1889 – June 16, 1961)[1] was an American black nationalist who established the Peace Movement of Ethiopia.
[4] Dismayed at the poor educational and job prospects in Louisiana, Gordon's family moved to Hope, Arkansas, when she was a child, where she grew up with her nine siblings.
Her father, the son of former slaves and a minister in the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (CME), discovered that the schools were no better for black students in Arkansas and decided to homeschool his children himself.
[7] Gordon's role in the organisation ended when she was a delegate to the 1929 UNIA convention in Jamaica—two years after Garvey was deported—where she experienced male opposition towards her authority.
[7] In 1927, she opened a small restaurant on State Street in Chicago's predominantly black South Side with her husband, which sold a few delicatessen and take-away products.
[10][11] In October 1942, she was arrested for sedition and seditious conspiracy after making statements praising Japan, which an enemy nation of the United States during World War II.
"[7] This bill proposed buying land in Africa from England and France and situating African Americans there who would be emigrating from the United States.
Still, he did manage to get the Virginia General Assembly to pass a resolution that urged US Congress to give federal assistance to African Americans who wanted to migrate.
When it became apparent in the senate that the Greater Liberia bill was unpopular and was criticised for its logistical problems, Gordon and Bilbo's relationship deteriorated quickly.
She criticised the nation for its racial injustices and highlighted that white people would one day pay for their forefather's sins in the form of an African American President.
[15][7] However, her death certificate stated that she was ten years younger than her actual age when she died, because her third husband, Moses Gibson, was unable to provide a few key details about her life.