29 Jun Democracy Diva Takes Aim
No matter how low Trump’s approval ratings sink, Sayu Bhojwani stays focused on other measures, insisting it’s detrimental to conclude he’ll go down in wholesale voter rejection....
Herstory
17 May Lorraine Hansberry – Young, Gifted and Black
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“Young, gifted and Black.” Those words embodied the prolific light that was Lorraine Hansberry who didn’t live to celebrate her 35th birthday but maximized every moment with pathos and meaning. ...
02 Oct Leah Daughtry ~ Where Faith and Activism Meet
Rev. Leah has married political activism, religion and ancestral connection into a progressive Molotov to ignite change and illuminate darkness. ...
23 Aug Suffragist, Citizen, Everywoman Extraordinaire
Fannie Lou Hamer's worldview birthed a vision for a future trained on equity, freedom, and reconciling history with policy. ...
17 Jul Cheffery with a Cause
Sharon Richardson is cheffing community and causes in her kitchen to flip the narrative on the lives of formerly incarcerated women. ...
07 Apr Bessie Coleman – Dared to Fly
Young Bessie Coleman, daughter of sharecropper parents of African and Cherokee descent, found distractions from her toil in the Texas cottonfields....
14 Jun Marsha P. Johnson – Queen of the Village
The 1960's whirlwind of change brought a new form of LGBTQ activism, led by Marsha P. Johnson and other transwomen who made a lasting imprint on the movement. ...
31 May Digitize or Die
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Denise Rolark-Barnes acknowledges that print journalism was her first love but confesses to quietly stoking another passion that was less toil than running a weekly newspaper. ...
17 Jul Paulette Nardal – Birthing the Diaspora
Black Paris in the 1920's was deeply divided by language, culture and ideology. Intellectual Paulette Nardal helped to close the gulf. ...
29 Jun Bricktop’s Magic – Showing Up With the Stars
This glimpse of dancer, jazz singer, and Paris saloon keeper Bricktop is the second in a three-part tribute to Paris Pathfinders by Julia Browne....