By Nkechi Taifa My Barbie Dream House was my classroom in an African-centered school in Washington, D.C. half a lifetime ago. I wore my signature African headwrap gele, oozed Kiswahili words and reveled in the dismantling of white supremacy inch by inch, day by day. I believed in what our sister Audre Lorde said, “The master’s…
By Holli Holliday and Chantel Mullen, Sisters Lead Sisters Vote "In America, it is still hard to be a woman, and it is still hard to be a person of color. And that's particularly true in the legal profession" - Judge Ann Claire Williams, first Black woman appointed to the US Court of Appeals for…
A leading scholar on critical race theory takes a look back at Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearing — and how that set the stage for the unraveling of affirmative action today. In October 1991, I was part of the legal team that supported Anita Hill in her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in which she…
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.
Gwendolyn Brooks used the Windy City's breath to breathe life into poetry for decades to come.
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…
Black women’s lives are at risk. States with the most extreme abortion bans often have the worst Black maternal health outcomes and few resources for mothers and infants. Reproductive Justice and Human Rights Advocate Loretta J. Ross shapes a visionary paradigm linking social justice, human rights, and reproductive justice. watch the video below:
Political parties at all levels play an instrumental role in elections and Black women need equal access in recruitment, selection, preparation.
Anchored across the plains-some thousands of miles away- The Eagle lost its wings. And the Homing Pigeon Detoured northward with the message that Lincoln’s Proclamation had freed the enslaved.
But it really seems easier to / Chatter about them / The little water bottles / Rather than / Everything else.