Gwendolyn Brooks – Lioness with a Pen
Gwendolyn Brooks used the Windy City's breath to breathe life into poetry for decades to come.
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Backbone – You Say? Why Not the Heart?
Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to represent California in the United States Senate, is yet another manifestation of the truth that Black women are the Democratic Party's beating heart.
PANDEMIC POSTS: DATA, DEATH AND DEMANDS
SRPUnerased is compelled to share these updates on the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in the service of creating a safe, sane and equitable nation. This aligns with our focus on unerasing the voices of those marginalized and ignored. Our Pandemic Posts curate data, commentary and protests. As was the case in centuries past, our prerequisite for…
Little Water Bottles
But it really seems easier to / Chatter about them / The little water bottles / Rather than / Everything else.
Impermanence
Here we go again... / slipping and falling from life / so soon before we could bond.
Grand Mother: For Lizzie Grace
Did you know / I was always watching / perched in the kitchen corner / grandgirl eyes staring staring
Director Tonya Lewis Lee talks Black Maternal Health in New Film
Tonya Lewis Lee's 2022 documentary film chronicles the deaths of two women due to childbirth complications and their families’ journey to seek justice.
The Disruptors: Pushing Back Against White Supremacist Approaches To Childbirth
The Black Mamas Matter Alliance has been sounding the alarm since 2017 on the maternal health crisis in this country.
Black Women Deserve Spaces Designed for and by Us
We need to invest in building communities for those who have been furthest from opportunity, writes Highland Project founder Gabrielle Wyatt.
Voting Rights Effort Targets Those Held in Jails Across US
Criminal justice and voting rights advocates are working across the U.S. to expand voting among jail detainees.