Herstory

14 Nov Fannie Lou Lives on Screen

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This new short film reenacts Fannie Lou Hamer’s address before the DNC nearly 60 years ago. Her voice remains a prescient reminder of the sacrifices paid for voting rights. ...

26 Oct Smith College Professor and Human Rights Advocate Wins MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

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Human rights champion, academic and friend of Unerased Loretta Ross has been named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. Ross is a founder of the reproductive justice movement....

19 Sep Barbie Honors First Self-Made Black Millionaire

Posted at 08:35h in Contemporary Profiles, Herstory, Just Saying

More than a century after Madam C.J. Walker became a self-made millionaire, she is now the latest addition to Barbie's Inspiring Women doll series. A'Lelia Bundles paid tribute to her great-great grandmother inside....

21 Aug An All Black Women Air Crew Honor Bessie Coleman

Posted at 14:30h in Moving Pictures, Page and Screen, Pathfinders

Bessie Coleman was honored by an all Black women Aircrew to highlight her legacy as the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license. ...

14 Nov Susan Burton — ‘Woman of Worth’ Honoree

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Susan Burton, founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project, wins $20,000 to continue breaking the chains of mass incarceration and leading women to freedom. ...

30 Mar Diane Nash, Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree

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Meet Diane Nash, the Civil Rights icon received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her leadership during the 1960s fight against segregation....

23 Mar Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Names New President and CEO

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Human Rights champion and passionate defender of equity, voting rights, and criminal justice reform, Nicole Austin-Hillery named as President and CEO. ...

14 Feb The Art and Craft of Writing Books

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Marita Golden, creative writing teacher, lecturer, and an award-winning author of 19 books, joined us to talk all thing writing, publishing and finding your story....