01 Jul Surviving COVID ~ Life After Death
Melanie Campbell could not be stopped. Fighting to uplift the power of Black women's voices, nothing slowed her down until COVID-19 came to her door. ...
Herstory
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. ...
29 Jun Bricktop’s Magic – Showing Up With the Stars
Bricktop, the fiery red headed saloon keeper, held court in Paris' "it" scene. Captivating artists and expats helped her build bridges that traversed class, nationalism and cultures. ...
06 Jan Raising the States for Black Women
Nurtured and mentored by Civil Rights giants, Melanie Campbell whipped those lessons with grit and courage to lead the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation....
01 Dec The Unmasking of Breonna Taylor
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Incoming Rep. Cori Bush was confused when greeted as 'Breonna.' Stunned, she soon realized that wearing Breonna Taylor's name is more than a political statement....
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....
17 May Lorraine Hansberry – Young, Gifted and Black
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“Young, gifted and Black” embodied the light that was Lorraine Hansberry who maximized every moment of her short life with pathos and meaning. ...
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. ...