Daring to Fly
Young Bessie Coleman, daughter of sharecroppers, found distractions from the Texas cottonfields in the sky.
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“The Dangerous Negro Agitator”
In celebration of Ida B’s birthday this month, we recommend this biography by her great-great-granddaughter, which shines a light on one of our nation’s greatest patriots.
Black Women: The Historic Electability Myth
Higher Heights CEO Glynda Carr reflects on the political power of Black women who deliver as voters but must swim through a deep sea of gender and racial bias to electability.
Flexing Muscle – Then, Now, Tomorrow
The historic selection of a Black woman as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee gives real meaning to suffrage and democracy. More than the backbone, we are the muscle, heart and soul.
Beah Richards – Verses From an Unsung Centennial
We mark the centennial of Emmy and Tony Award winning Beah Richard's birth.
Excerpt: A Black Woman Speaks…
It is right that I a woman / black / should speak of white womanhood.
Paulette Nardal – Birthing the Diaspora
Black Paris in the 1920's was deeply divided by language, culture and ideology. Intellectual Paulette Nardal helped to close the gulf.
Cheffery with a Cause
Sharon Richardson is cheffing community and causes in her kitchen to flip the narrative on the lives of formerly incarcerated women.
Teenage Activist’s Death Proves Black Women’s Protection Should Be A Priority
Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau's death underscores why gender violence needs to be part of the Black Lives Matter narrative.
NASA honors “Hidden Figure” Mary Jackson
"Hidden Figure" and NASA's first Black woman engineer will now be the namesake of NASA's Washington, D.C. headquarters.