This month Unerased | Black Women Speak celebrates the Pride of Black Music with a hearty homage to the influence of queer Black women artists whose voices were never silenced or erased.
Beyoncé continues to use her platform to uplift artists from underrepresented communities even though the door was closed on her during her 2016 Country Music Awards performance.
We asked nine Black women leaders to reflect on lessons learned from their mothers and the influence that shaped the stand-out women they are today.
Bevelyn Afor Ukah believes gardening, art and activism are spiritual practices that people can use to heal themselves and create a better world.
Annette Gordon-Reed made history as the first Black student to integrate her elementary school in Conroe, Texas in the mid-1960s.
Meet Diane Nash, the Civil Rights icon received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her leadership during the 1960s fight against segregation.
by Willy Blackmore In April, it will have been 10 years since the administration of Governor Rick Scott changed the water source for Flint, Michigan, from the Detroit Water and Sewage Department to the Flint River. The cost-cutting measure was devastating for the city, which not only ended up with high levels of lead in…
By Levi Perrin Andrea Hailey Andrea Hailey stares off into the distance recalling how it felt to watch her parents engage with voting rights. From driving voters to the polls to staffing the booths—from a young age she was keenly aware that the political rights given to her could be taken away. “I was born…
Politics are local but impact is national By Gwen McKinney A student organizer in the “second wave” of southern voting rights campaigns, It was the mid-1980s and Atlanta was teeming with politics and possibilities. “Everything was melded with the advocacy of social and racial justice – voting rights, labor rights, economic justice – they…
Black women have written themselves into history for centuries.