Article Category: Just Saying
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement – Teaching and Testament for Our Times (A Book Review)
Ella Josephine Baker carved out a new definition of womanhood in a male-dominated civil rights movement, creating a path to democracy from the ground-up, rather than top-down.
Reading Is Resistance: What Happens When Our Stories Are Pushed From View?
During Banned Books Week, October 4-10, Unerased | Black Women Speak is asking what is at stake when access to stories, history and civic participation is threatened.
Booked and Unbound: The Legacy of Black Women’s Literary Circles
Across nearly two centuries, Black women have gathered in parlors and living rooms, from bookstores, conference halls and digital screens. The books bring them into the space.
The Book That Makes a Reader
Creating lifelong readers may begin by changing the goal. Instead of asking how to get young people to read more, perhaps the better question is: How do we help them discover something they actually want to read? Perhaps that’s where it starts.
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Is More Than a Date on the Calendar
Each year, Black Women's Equal Pay Day arrives over halfway to New Year’s Eve, marking how far into the calendar Black women must work to earn what White, non-Hispanic men earned in the previous year.
From Washtubs to Boardrooms: Why Black Women’s Labor Story Still Matters
There is a temptation to think the story of Black women's work begins with today's conversations about equal pay, workplace equity, or career advancement. It doesn't.
Storytelling through the Ages
Those words from the great futurist Octavia E. Butler was our foundational call to arms. We were spurred by the National Endowment for the Arts “Big Read” (celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence).
Bank On This
We took a moment to spotlight the women who changed the game when it comes to money, power, and ownership.
Filed and Forgotten: The Hidden Tax on Black Women
Every year, Tax Day arrives with a familiar rhythm. Receipts are gathered. Returns are filed. Refunds are calculated and, for some, anticipated with relief. It is a moment that invites people to measure what they owe and what they might get back.
