As her daughter Beyonce sits atop Pop’s throne with the help of many an empowering hit, her mother Celestine Beyince‘ (AKA Tina Knowles) has stepped into the limelight to share her story Texas Women’s Empowerment Foundation.
It was there, in a bid to inspire those in attendance, did Beyince’ tell the story of her life, taking her audience back to her humble beginnings in Galveston, Texas, the cruelty she suffered at the hands of the Catholic school her parents worked as indentured servants to place her in, and her marriage to businessman Mathew Knowles.
Unfortunately, contrary to the image thrown to the masses during Destiny’s Child‘s earlier years, Tina revealed that the marriage was anything but a happy one, taking a turn for the worse she learned she was pregnant with the baby that would grow up to become Beyonce.
A remarkable story below…
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