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Lead Section:


 * One or two quick sentences that encompass all the general info about her. Short summary.

Early Life and Education:


 * Sherrod was born in 1896.


 * Sherrod lived in Clarksburg, Alabama and graduated from the Tuskegee Institute.
 * She served for multiple years as principal of Gate City High School in Birmingham.


 * Pearl Sherrod married Japanese immigrant Satokato Takahashi on February 24, 1934.

Activism:


 * As an African American woman, Pearl Sherrod looked to fight for the rights of black Americans during the early 20th century. She saw solidarity between African Americans and people of color throughout the Pacific as essential in uplifting all races in the face of white oppression.
 * Sherrod was a member of the Nation of Islam and believed in black nationalism.
 * Development of Our Own
 * Development of Our Own was an organization originally established by Satokato Takahashi, Sherrod's husband, that promoted unity between African Americans and the Japanese and called for the advancement of black nationalism.
 * The group was formed in the 1920s in Detroit, Michigan.
 * Sherrod took leadership of the organization in 1934, after Takahashi was expelled to Japan for sedition.
 * The group was surveilled by the U.S. government for their radical, pro-Japanese stances. The FBI estimated a total of 10,000 in the group.
 * Pan-Pacific Women's Association
 * The PPWA was an international women's group that promoted racial harmony
 * Sherrod showed up uninvited to the PPWA's 1937 conference in Vancouver, making her the first black woman to attend and speak.
 * During her talk in the second day of the conference, Sherrod drew the association's attention to the issue of black lynchings in the American South.

Later Life:


 * Ousting from Development of Our Own after arguments with her husband
 * Stepped back from political life to live with her child, Emerson (Takahashi?)
 * Death: (?) need to find a source

Publications:


 * List of published editorials she's written for Detroit-based newspaper, Tribune Independent.