08 Apr The Legacy Lives
Michelle Duster is a prolific writer, author and lecturer. Those assets have fueled her sustained mission as the keeper of the light and legacy of her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells....
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30 Apr CEASE and Reverse
A coalition led by Black women activists are calling on six southern governors to reverse their plans for “opening up” their states; to do so is “irresponsible and a death sentence.”...
08 Apr Pandemic and History
The deadly COVID-19 pandemic seems new and surreal. But health disparities with life and death consequences are baked into the American story of racialized oppression. ...
19 May Magic Eyes That Rarely Close
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Sharon Farmer planned on orchestral performance as a career. But somewhere between high school bassoon practice and Ohio State University activism, she stumbled on photography. ...
06 Apr Word Warrior – Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Her word artistry was a weapon to dismantle slavery and challenge inequality....
04 Apr When the Suffrage Movement Sold Out to White Supremacy
Suffragists and White Supremacy ...
03 Apr How the Daughters and Granddaughters of Former Slaves Secured Voting Rights for All
Barely a generation removed from slavery, these courageous Black women commanded voting rights before the passage of the 19th Amendment....
02 Apr Redefining Suffrage, Unerasing Black Women
Black women were leaders in the fight for women’s suffrage-- yet they’ve been erased from movement history...
01 Apr Black Women Are Leaders in the Climate Movement
CLIMATE JUSTICE: Not Just a White Thing. How are Black women transforming the movement? ...
01 Apr Vanessa Daniel – Funding Change Agents
How would our nation look today if philanthropic powers had opened their coffers to the likes of Fannie Lou Hamer, Silvia Rivera, Yuri Kochiyama and Wilma Mankiller? ...