“My name was cleared. I’m no longer a juvenile delinquent at 82.”
Six months before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin was arrested for defying Jim Crow on a city bus. More than 60 years later, Colvin's arrest record has finally been expunged.
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Maya Angelou — First Black Woman to be Featured on a U.S. Quarter
The Maya Angelou design is the first quarter in the "American Women Quarters Program," a four-year program that will include coins featuring prominent women in U.S. history.
New Statue Of Harriet Tubman Unveiled in Philadelphia
Harriet Tubman, Moses of Black America and freedom fighter, immortalized in a new nine-foot statue at Philadelphia's City Hall.
Celebrating the Life of Lani Guinier
Scholar and race equity titan Lani Guinier, the first Black woman tenured at Harvard Law School, will be remembered as a visionary whose theories will be studied and practiced far into the future.
She Wrote The Book Live
A virtual conversation exploring Black women authors, publishers, booksellers, book clubbers and Black women readers. We unerase them with page turning affirmations.
How Tracey Sherrod is Sharing Black Authors to the World
Join literary force Tracy Sherrod with award-winning author Marita Golden on February 17th for the launch of Unerased's She Wrote The Book campaign.
Why Missing Black Women Won’t Make Headlines As Gabby Petito Did
Missing women command headlines. But if you’ve disappeared and are Black, Indigenous or Brown, don’t expect to be unerased or found.
“Speaking of Summer”
Marita Golden highlights "Speaking of Summer" a thrilling novel by Kalisha Buckhanon
Nkechi Taifa’s Ode to Young Black Imagination
In case you're stuck on what to get the kids for the holidays, consider Nkechi Taifa's children's books that affirm young Black lives.
Jobs with Joy and Justice
Next Month: Tracy Sherrod, a literary force and editorial director of Amistad, will help Unerased launch a new initiative, She Wrote the Book, celebrating Black women authors, publishers and readers.