21 Aug An All Black Women Air Crew Honor Bessie Coleman
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. ...
Pathfinders
13 Apr A Facebook Live Tribute
Alice Walker’s journals, edited by Valerie Boyd, have just been published. Unerased honored Boyd recently. ...
19 Feb Valerie Boyd: Biographer. Editor. Word Architect.
On April 14, Unerased will honor the life of Valerie Boyd with the Legacy and Voice live tribute....
14 Jun Marsha P. Johnson – Queen of the Village
The 1960's whirlwind of change brought a new form of LGBTQ activism, led by Marsha P. Johnson and other transwomen who made a lasting imprint on the movement. ...
17 May Lorraine Hansberry – Young, Gifted and Black
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“Young, Gifted and Black” embodied the light that was Lorraine Hansberry who maximized every moment of her short life with pathos and meaning. ...
28 Mar Reimagined Democracy through a Fearless Truthteller
Who was the first Black woman to be tapped as a vice presidential candidate? It's not who you think. Charlotta Bass paved the way in 1952 as the VP candidate on the Progressive Party ticket. ...
23 Aug Suffragist, Citizen, Everywoman Extraordinaire
Fannie Lou Hamer's worldview birthed a vision for a future trained on equity, freedom, and reconciling history with policy. ...
29 Jun Bricktop’s Magic – Showing Up With the Stars
Bricktop, the fiery red headed saloon keeper, held court in Paris' "it" scene. Captivating artists and expats helped her build bridges that traversed class, nationalism and cultures. ...
07 Apr Bessie Coleman – Dared to Fly
Young Bessie Coleman, daughter of sharecropper parents of African and Cherokee descent, found distractions from her toil in the Texas cottonfields....
17 Jul 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. ...
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