Article Category: Contemporary Profiles

  • Georgia On My Mind

    Voters nationwide turned out in numbers unseen in decades and swept Black women into local and national halls of power.

    January 10, 2021
    5 minute read
  • The Unmasking of Breonna Taylor

    Incoming Rep. Cori Bush was confused when greeted as 'Breonna.' Stunned, she soon realized that wearing Breonna Taylor's name is more than a political statement.

    December 1, 2020
    10 minute read
  • Election – Down Ballot Downlow

    Voters nationwide turned out in numbers unseen in decades and swept Black women into local and national halls of power.

    November 6, 2020
    3 minute read
  • Reimagining the Power of Suffrage

    Gwen McKinney's guest Op-Ed on OWN traces the history of the role of Black women in the women's suffrage movement.

    October 12, 2020
    1 minute read
  • We Are Black Women

    The term “WOC” negates racial identity in the service of racial unity and it obscures specific barriers facing Black women. It blends multiethnicities into a recipe of erasure.

    October 4, 2020
    5 minute read
  • Open Letter From Black Women

    Co-sign a petition with thousands of Black women who are denouncing attacks against Black women VP candidates.

    August 7, 2020
    2 minute read
  • 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.

    August 4, 2020
    4 minute read
  • 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.

    August 2, 2020
    2 minute read
  • 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.

    July 17, 2020
    1 minute read
  • Surviving COVID ~ Life After Death

    Melanie Campbell could not be stopped. Fighting to uplift the power of Black women's voices, nothing slowed her down until COVID-19 came to her door.

    July 1, 2020
    4 minute read