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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement – Teaching and Testament for Our Times (A Book Review)
Ella Josephine Baker carved out a new definition of womanhood in a male-dominated civil rights movement, creating a path to democracy from the ground-up, rather than top-down.
Reading Is Resistance: What Happens When Our Stories Are Pushed From View?
During Banned Books Week, October 4-10, Unerased | Black Women Speak is asking what is at stake when access to stories, history and civic participation is threatened.
Booked and Unbound: The Legacy of Black Women’s Literary Circles
Across nearly two centuries, Black women have gathered in parlors and living rooms, from bookstores, conference halls and digital screens. The books bring them into the space.
Black Women Know What Their Communities Need. Labor Leaders Should Listen.
In this conversation, Sarah McKenzie reflects on the economic pressures Black women are facing, from unequal pay and job insecurity to the rising costs of childcare and caregiving.
The Book That Makes a Reader
Creating lifelong readers may begin by changing the goal. Instead of asking how to get young people to read more, perhaps the better question is: How do we help them discover something they actually want to read? Perhaps that’s where it starts.
Mara Brock Akil’s Next Chapter
Home Style: ‘Anya’s Enclave’ Is A Colorful Reclamation Of Black History In Blandtown, GA
Inside The World Of “BlackCrosswords” Creator Jan Buckner Walker
Why some Democratic socialists are winning Black voters — and others aren’t
