01 Apr She Coined the Term ‘Intersectionality’ Over 30 Years Ago
INTERSECTIONALITY. What does it mean? How does it work? Why does it matter? Kimberle Crenshaw who popularized the term, offers insights....
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18 May Blues
in the night / in my half hour / negro dreams / i hear voices knocking at the door...
18 May His Excellency General Washington
Celestial choir! enthron'd in realms of light, Columbia's scenes of glorious toils I write....
30 Mar An American Sunrise
We were running out of breath, as we ran out to meet ourselves. We were surfacing the edge of our ancestors’ fights, and ready to strike....
30 Mar Let the Light Enter
The Dying Words of Goethe “Light! more light! the shadows deepen, And my life is ebbing low, Throw the windows widely open: Light! more light! before I go....
30 Mar Diane Nash: Intrepid
At the age of 24, Diane Nash faced police violence and the threat of a Mississippi prison cell while four months pregnant— but refused to back down....
30 Mar Carmen Yulin Cruz – Fire in the Storm
Puerto Rico’s fiery mayor first staked her claim on the national stage when she challenged the federal government’s abominable response to Hurricane Maria back in 2017....
30 Mar Letitia James Taking the Law in Her Hands
Letitia James hit a trifecta as the first elected woman attorney general, the first Black woman elected to statewide office and the first person of color – male or woman – to hold the AG position....
06 Jan Womanifesta
Because Black women have always sacrificed, dared, imagined and led us all towards a visionary and daring enactment of what freedom might become....
07 Dec Vanguard: How Black Women Overcame Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All
Black women had to fiercely contend for space in the nation's public square from their arrival on these shores. ...