How the Daughters and Granddaughters of Former Slaves Secured Voting Rights for All
Barely a generation removed from slavery, these courageous Black women commanded voting rights before the passage of the 19th Amendment.
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Redefining Suffrage, Unerasing Black Women
Black women were leaders in the fight for women’s suffrage-- yet they’ve been erased from movement history
Black Women Are Leaders in the Climate Movement
CLIMATE JUSTICE: Not Just a White Thing. How are Black women transforming the movement?
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.
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.
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.
Womanifesta
Because Black women have always sacrificed, dared, imagined and led us all towards a visionary and daring enactment of what freedom might become.
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.
Not A Straw In The Way
Julia Nixon’s artful performance reveals Harper’s complex differences with white suffragists over the 15th Amendment.
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo is the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States. Appointed in June 2019, she is the first Native American to serve in that position.