Family Incarceration and Black Women’s Health
Balancing the emotional, physical, and mental care of incarcerated family can be especially taxing for Black women
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Phenomenal Woman
Now you understand / Just why my head’s not bowed / I don’t shout or jump about / Or have to talk real loud.
Open Letter From Black Women
Co-sign a petition with thousands of Black women who are denouncing attacks against Black women VP candidates.
To The Front: Black Women and The Vote
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, The AFRO Newspaper released a special edition celebrating Black women suffragists from the Nation's Capital.
They Were Her Property
This ground-breaking investigation gives lie to the notion of the fragile, defenseless White mistress, withering under the boot of antebellum patriarchy and slavery.
The Politics of Ambition
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority President Glenda Glover issues a call to arms to her 300,000+ members and to all Black women outraged by attacks intended to erase us.
Magic Eyes That Rarely Close
Somewhere between high school bassoon practice and college activism, Sharon Farmer stumbled into photography. A path that would lead to becoming the Chief Official White House Photographer.
Until Black Women Are Free, None of Us Will Be Free
The New Yorker's Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor unpacks the legacy of Barbara Smith and the Black feminist visionaries of the Combahee River Collective.
Monuments to Harriet
A monument to the Great Harriet Tubman on the National Mall – you say? First, let’s support and honor the existing memorials for one of America’s greatest patriots.
Funding Change Agents
Annual foundation giving to Black and Brown women is a paltry 0.6%. Groundswell Fund insists when those most marginalized are supported to make change, everyone wins.