Through the eyes of an immigrant who has also crusaded for racial and social justice, journalist and storyteller Maria Hinojosa’s new book takes us on a journey of darkness and light.
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Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, The AFRO Newspaper released a special edition celebrating Black women suffragists from the Nation's Capital.
This ground-breaking investigation gives lie to the notion of the fragile, defenseless White mistress, withering under the boot of antebellum patriarchy and slavery.
Overlooked and underestimated, Ida B. Wells single-handedly changed the course of American history.
What becomes of the children born from the past? Rochelle Riley's "The Burden" seeks to answer this question for descendants of the enslaved.
“What does it take to be first? Talent. Skill. Brilliance. But it also takes courage and tenacity to commit yourself to a goal and refuse to be turned away.”
Black women had to fiercely contend for space in the nation's public square from their arrival on these shores.
Julia Nixon’s artful performance reveals Harper’s complex differences with white suffragists over the 15th Amendment.