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.
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Beah Richards – Verses From an Unsung Centennial
We mark the centennial of Emmy and Tony Award winning Beah Richard's birth.
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.
A ‘Moment’ of Racial Healing
Who knew that the battle cry to “open up our country” would signal just that? A tsunami of action, bursting the seams of the nation in pursuit of change.
Jessica Care Moore – Spoken Word Warrior
The Detroit native and spoken word warrior, jessica Care moore, delivers rhymes that leave audiences in awe.
Gwendolyn Brooks – Lioness with a Pen
Gwendolyn Brooks used the Windy City's breath to breathe life into poetry for decades to come.
Sonia Sanchez – Prose and Prophecy
Sonia Sanchez invokes prose that takes no prisoners but commands prophecy on today and tomorrow.
Phillis Wheatley – Global World
At a time when literary arts and the enslaved were often mutually exclusive, Wheatley prevailed.
A Labor Centennial ~ Erasures, Mergers and Warriors
The 19th Amendment Centennial coincides with the 100th Anniversary of SEIU, hailed the largest union. Here’s insights from former senior vice president Patricia Ford.
The Legacy Lives
Michelle Duster is a prolific writer, author and lecturer. Those assets have fueled her sustained mission as the keeper of the light and legacy of her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells.
